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No one knows, of course, but we suspect that AI is far more likely to complement and empower human workers than to impoverish them or displace them onto the welfare rolls. This doesn’t mean we’re starry-eyed Panglossians; we realize that this optimistic perspective is a tough sell, and even if our vision comes true, there will certainly be some pe
... See morefrom Generative AI: autocomplete for everything by Noah Smith
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- Most jobs are going away and they aren't coming back. AI is coming for everything.
JC added
AI is going to put billions out of work. And its a good thing.
- An over-dependence on artificial intelligence is often just lethargy disguised as efficiency, and the “outsource everything to AI” crowd ignores the fact that the work is often more valuable than the output.
I have two predictions regarding the broader use of AI as a crutch:
First, folks who are willing to go out of their way to add a human touch to... See morefrom The Purpose of Things Isn't to Stop Doing Things. by Jack Raines
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“the purpose of things isn’t to stop doing things”