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ENTERPRISE PHILOSOPHY AND THE FIRST WAVE OF AI

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This history of technology highlights two waves: the digitization of back-office tasks, which had a massive economic impact, and the rise of personal computers, which empowered individuals to work more efficiently. Today, AI presents two philosophies: Google and Meta's approach of computers doing tasks for people versus Microsoft and Apple's view of AI as a tool to augment human work, with enterprises focusing on replacing human workers to improve efficiency and profitability.