#workforce-automation
10 episodes
#5402: Amazon Go and the Humans Behind the AI
Amazon promised a store with no checkout. The Information reported 700 of every 1,000 sales needed human review in 2022.
#5400: Amy, Presto, and the Thousand Workers Behind "AI
From X.AI's Amy to Amazon's Just Walk Out, the humans quietly doing the "intelligent" part while the product says AI.
#5399: Who's Actually Behind the AI? Fauxtomation Explained
Amazon's Just Walk Out needed 1,000 workers in India. Google Duplex, Facebook M — the pattern of selling humans as software goes deep.
#3796: Why Electricians and Lawyers Used to Be the Same Thing
Why do we call some skilled work a profession and other work a trade? The medieval answer might surprise you.
#3561: Working for the Ultra-Wealthy: Inside the Hidden Labor Market
What it’s really like to manage the lives of the ultra-wealthy—the pay, the burnout, and the strange emotional toll.
#2162: When Knowledge Work Stops Being Safe
The knowledge economy promised safety from automation. Then AI arrived. Here's how we got here—and why the disruption this time is different.
#1365: The End of the Slide Deck: Consulting in the Age of AI
Explore the history of management consulting and how AI is dismantling the traditional labor pyramid of the Big Four and strategy firms.
#1161: Golden Handcuffs: Is a 30-Year Career Still Worth It?
Is a 30-year career a safety net or a cage? Explore the jarring gap between the gig economy and the last bastions of institutional stability.
#463: The 4.6-Year Itch: Navigating the New Career Path
Is the 40-year career dead? Corn and Herman dive into the data behind job hopping and the "loyalty discount" in today’s modern workforce.
#397: Who Trains the Boss if AI Does All the Junior Work?
As AI moves from talking to acting, entry-level roles are vanishing. Corn and Herman discuss the "hollowing out" of the global workforce.