Silicon Valley is madly building AI agents to extend human childbirth. If such agents work as intended, the whole swath of work may change into extinct – or near it. AI agents are prepared to displace representatives of customer support, trade staff, executive assistants, IT administrators, younger developers, journalists. The startup AI startup replaces even the so -called “helpful VC” by automating the introduction to people.
When the founders or investors are asked about the potential shift of work, their technology, the answer is at all times the same: yes, and and will eliminate some work. But it can also create others.
Ensuring the obsession of VC Mike Ghaffary. Ghaffary is best known for his stay as a general partner at Canvas Ventures, and earlier in the social capital. His investments include Superhuman, Strava, Faire, Optimizely and Cloudkitchens.
On Friday, Ghaffara only announced TechCrunch that he left Canvas to hitch Burst Capital, a VC company founded in 2017 by a group of former directors of YELP. Burst is run by former Operational Directors Yelp Geoff Donaker. (Ghaffary and Donaker also worked together in Yelp years ago.)
In Burst Ghaffara is looking for firms that not only create jobs, but create good paid jobs for thousands and thousands of individuals who do not have advanced degrees in favor of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
“When we see this displacement of work, we actually do something about it,” says Techcrunch. “I feel that there are many” don’t be concerned. Don’t look here. Ai will destroy many jobs, but it can also create work! As technology firms, we must create the recent works that we promise. “
He sees several firms, offering technology to owners of small businesses, equivalent to Owner.com, which helps the owners of MOM and POP restaurant in marketing; Or Glossgenius, which creates a booking and payment software for hairdressers.
Among his own portfolio is Resq, which helps restaurants and hotel firms to administer the needs of repairing equipment, including adapting them to repair traders.
But Ghaffary claims that the biggest gap he sees is startups using artificial intelligence to create high -paid jobs. “I will also tell you one company that I am looking for, which I have not found: vocational training.”
He wants the founders to build startups that use artificial intelligence to assist people learn high -paid transactions, equivalent to industrial electricians or business hydraulics, or to extend their skills in other such industries.
“This is where AI can enter,” he says. He would really like to see an inexpensive plan that would offer virtual or otherwise training strengthened by AI, “almost like a flight simulation”, but for “millions of people” threatened with leaving.
“I think there is a great chance,” he says. “And for our country and our world. Otherwise we have this great insufficient society and it is not good for anyone. “