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Jerry Kaplan
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Jerry Kaplan is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and author known for pen computing, tablet computers, and writing about artificial intelligence.
Biography
Samuel Jerrold “Jerry” Kaplan is an American computer scientist, author, futurist, and entrepreneur. His work includes pen computing and tablet computers. He founded GO Corporation, whose technology contributed to the development of the first smartphone and tablet PC. He also co-founded OnSale, a business-to-consumer online auction site launched in 1994, as well as the artificial intelligence company Teknowledge and the social game website Winster.com.
Kaplan’s books include Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure and Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, published in 2015. He was briefly a fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and received the 1998 Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
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Books by Jerry Kaplan
Humans need not apply
Humans Need Not Apply examines artificial intelligence’s potential to bring affluence and leisure while warning of a difficult transition shaped by volatile labor markets and income inequality. Kaplan proposes free-market changes to economic arrangements and social policies to help avoid prolonged social turmoil.