Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2021-04-14
Alex Kantrowitz & Elaine Kwon: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast
How Amazon Automated My Job: A Conversation With Elaine Kwon
Elaine Kwon was a vendor manager in Amazon's retail organization when the company started to turn her tasks over to machine learning in a program called "Hands Off The Wheel.
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Always Day One
“We spoke in Seattle back when things were in person as I was trying to research what Hands Off the Wheel was all about for my book, Always Day One.”
Plugged Always Day One
“And I think like one of my favorite stories that I came across when I was writing always day one was, uh, Dilip Kumar, who was running pricing and promotions, uh, inside Amazon, right?”
Passing Fully Automated Luxury Communism
“I think there's some, some book that talks about like, uh, you know, communist automation, communism, paradise, or whatever it is where like, just let the machines do the work and we get to hang back and, and drink martinis, which I'll be into that.”