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seri4l • today at 9:17 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

I wouldn't put AI on the same level as the inventions of the industrial revolution. Automation replaced specific tasks. AI is replacing humans themselves. What are humans supposed to do in a world where everything a human can do, a machine can do too?


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rowanajmarshall • today at 9:27 AM

There are a lot of tasks machines can do today that humans do anyway. Think baristas and bartenders. People pay more for human-made goods too, despite mass-manufacturing being a couple centuries old at this point. Having a human face is a competitive advantage in lots of stuff.

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bananaflag • today at 9:26 AM

There's a book about that, here is its ACX review:

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-deep-utopia

snicky • today at 9:21 AM

Machines still cannot make babies ... Just sayin'.

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