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Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey? | The New Yorker
Is there a way for A.I. to do something other than sharpen the knife blade of capitalism?
Ted Chiang • Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey? | The New Yorker
A former McKinsey employee has described the company as “capital’s willing executioners”: if you want something done but don’t want to get your hands dirty, McKinsey will do it for you. That escape from accountability is one of the most valuable services that management consultancies provide. Bosses have certain goals, but don’t want to be blamed
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The tendency to think of A.I. as a magical problem solver is indicative of a desire to avoid the hard work that building a better world requires. That hard work will involve things like addressing wealth inequality and taming capitalism. For technologists, the hardest work of all—the task that they most want to avoid—will be questioning the
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