AI will accelerate tech job growth - former Tesla president explains where and why

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• Managing complexity is still beyond the reach of AI.  
• For the foreseeable future, humans remain essential for infrastructure and architecture. 
• 'Automate last' needs to be the guiding principle in process design. 

A funny thing happened on the way to the tech job apocalypse. 

The march to AI-driven technology development is hitting a wall -- a wall of complexity. As AI increasingly becomes part of business, it is driving demand for well-designed infrastructure, resilient networks, and sophisticated software stacks that all demand human oversight and intervention. 

That's the word from Jon McNeill, CEO of DVx Ventures, former president of Tesla, and former chief operating officer of Lyft. McNeil is the author of a new book The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, and SpaceX. I ...