It seems like a calculator. Starting out learning how to actually compute answers is useful, but after grade school its just a waste of time. After the calculator genie was let out of the bag, the "computers" job (the job description that some people used to have) was deprecated.
But a calculator is just a brain tool, letting people offload rote calculations. AI of the sort we're talking about here isn't just that. It's about machines replacing people doing human things.
It seems like the definition of "human things" is shifting. At least in it's current form, it's just a more advanced tool that allows people to be more productive.
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It seems like a calculator. Starting out learning how to actually compute answers is useful, but after grade school its just a waste of time. After the calculator genie was let out of the bag, the "computers" job (the job description that some people used to have) was deprecated.
But a calculator is just a brain tool, letting people offload rote calculations. AI of the sort we're talking about here isn't just that. It's about machines replacing people doing human things.
It seems like the definition of "human things" is shifting. At least in it's current form, it's just a more advanced tool that allows people to be more productive.