Good morning. There’s a lengthy essay by AI influencer Matt Shumer getting a lot of buzz recently. The 5,000-word essay talks about AI’s looming impact on knowledge workers, raising the alarm that jobs are about to be radically upended. Fortune ran an adapted version of Shumer’s post as a commentary piece, which you can read here.
Once you’ve read that, read Fortune AI Editor Jeremy Kahn’s take. Kahn, who wrote a book about AI that predicts the technology will massively transform knowledge work by 2029, believes Shumer may be directionally right on some level, but says Shumer is basing his argument on flawed assumptions and ultimately engaging in fear mongering.
It’s a great point-counterpoint debate to read over the long weekend. We’ll be off Monday incidentally, for Presidents’ Day, and back in the saddle on Tuesday.
Today’s tech news below.
Alexei Oreskovic@lexnfxalexei.oreskovic@fortune.com
