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June 2018

# Automation For Good: Can Automation and Artificial Intelligence Benefit The Workforce?

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Automation and artificial intelligence may create as many jobs as they replace. Is our workforce ready?

In June 2018 Village Capital and Autodesk Foundation brought together startups, investors, business leaders, and academics for a daylong discussion about how startups can harness automation as a positive force for the workers of the future.

Learn how automation and AI can help us make the biggest transition in the global workforce since the industrial revolution.

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