But the bigger loss of human agency comes from the billions of people that use these apps. These deep learning AIs are designed to maximize the time we all spend on these apps. While you are reading this memo, you are probably jonesing to switch over to Instagram or TikTok. It turns out when an app company doesn't care about content and asks an AI... See more
Automation means not having to do anything twice.
Automation with the Internet means not having to do anything that anyone else has already done.
All that remains are creativity and judgement.
A much better way of thinking about them is as a technology that allows humans to access information from many other humans and use that information to make decisions.