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@J12t I enjoy the sentiment, but we humans are parrots ourselves, we learn from others and imitate/repeat.

AI, parrots, can just do this at hyper speed, which will sadly push out low stakes or automatable work.

This wouldn't be so bad if it were to benefit society at large and not just enrich the capitalist class:(

10 Jul 2023 at 17:20 | Wall-to-wall | Open on masto.1146.nohost.me
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Johannes Ernst

@lps

Hopefully humans parrot and then think about it. The problem is the second part is missing in today's AI.

I cannot capture all the complexity in a simple phrase, but repositioning the "god-like AI that will take over and enslave us now any second" as nothing else than an unthinking parrot is one important dimension.

If it turns out that there are jobs this parrot can take over, it also sheds an interesting light on that job ...

Just an idea for the next conference panel :-)

10 Jul 2023 at 17:25 | Open on social.coop
LPS

@J12t
I agree that is an important distinction for sure. I'm actually of the belief that most jobs outside of garbage collection, farming, water treatment and healthcare are not "essential"... A la #davidgraeber 's famous book Bullshit Jobs ... This puts artists, lawyers, accounts, copywriters, traders and a whole host of others w/o a means to survive in #capitalist society...if we lived in star trek world it wouldn't matter;)

10 Jul 2023 at 18:57 | Open on masto.1146.nohost.me
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