Corporate leaders can't "bulls---" their employees about the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce and the ways in which the technology will affect jobs more broadly, according to one tech billionaire.
"If I could give any advice, it's that everybody should be a student of AI and tech and not be afraid of it."
Even though it's a given AI will impact the workforce, "none of us have it all completely figured out," he said.
"If anybody comes in and tells you, 'I can tell you exactly how this is going to impact jobs and how it's going to impact everything we're doing,' they're lying.
Kavanaugh co-founded WWT in 1990 with fellow St. Louis, Missouri-based entrepreneur David Steward as a reseller of technology equipment.
Persons:
Jim Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, David Steward
Organizations:
CNBC, Forbes, U.S, team
Locations:
Louis , Missouri, Los Angeles