Great to see this tech and the money invested in it being used to take low-paying jobs away from people with limited options, instead of something like drug discovery or cancer biology.
I believe people can contribute in many different ways. When technology enables us to get my work output without me, that frees me up to produce other things for society.
The problem is that it is a disruption for everything because at its core it is a machine for the replication of skill and technology. A concept that has never existed prior with any other technological disruption.
"Climbing the skill ladder is going to look more like running on a treadmill at the gym. No matter how fast you run, you aren’t moving, AI is still right behind you learning everything that you can do."
from a more in depth view I wrote up here describing the rapidly shrinking innovation, disruption and adaption cycles
Sure. But when your “keep the lights on” job cuts you for AI, you are less likely to “produce other things” while you worry about food and heat.
That's going to be the exception, not the rule. The benefits from automating crowdwork will disproportionately accrue to corporate profits.