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Flexport President Warns: Agentic AI Causes Individual Job Losses

· Source: indexbox.io

In short

Flexport president Sanne Manders warns that agentic AI will lead to individual job losses in the logistics and supply chain sector, which is particularly exposed due to its reliance on process-oriented work. He advises companies to invest wisely in the technology, noting that while new technologies create new jobs, they often don't benefit the same individuals who were displaced. Manders distinguishes between task-based automation in the first wave of AI and agentic AI's shift toward automating entire processes and workflows.

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Tags: AI, automation, logistics, workforce, supply-chain, jobs

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