“If there's some really tricky dexterity task that humans are excellent at… maybe don't spend a ton of time there… more promising thing is something very routine that takes up a huge amount of scientists and technicians time and it's easy to automate”
“One account executive shared that automation's replaced about 20% of his old tasks, allowing him to talk 30% more customers in the same amount of time that he invested in his job before.”
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automation replaced about 20% of his old tasks, allowing him to talk to 30% more customers in the same amount of time
20% tasks replaced, 30% more customers
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