Victor Lazarte, general partner at Benchmark Capital, has a blunt message for anyone still clinging to the idea that AI is merely enhancing human jobs.
“This is bullshit,” he said on the Twenty Minute VC podcast. “It’s fully replacing people.”
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Lazarte, whose firm has backed companies like Uber, Snap, Asana, and WeWork, called out what he sees as corporate spin: “Big companies talk about, like, ‘AI isn’t replacing people, it’s augmenting them.’” He strongly disagrees.
He singled out two professions he believes are most at risk - lawyers and recruiters.
“Law school students should think about what they could do three years from now that AI could not,” he said. “There’s not going to be that many th
Victor Lazarte Says the Idea That AI Isn’t Replacing Jobs Is Bullshit
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It’s fully replacing people.
