
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer believes the tech business is about to be set ablaze by A.I., like a forest torched by a wildfire. But as with the cycles of nature that affect the landscape, Mayer believes the tech industry will ultimately come out stronger.
“The strong trees and the strong vegetation survive, and all the brush gets cleared out. And it actually allows for healthy regrowth afterwards,” Mayer said at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, which occurred this week in Deer Valley, Utah.