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This video of David Attenborough narrating a programmer's life shows Hollywood actors were right to be afraid of AI (www.businessinsider.com)

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This video of David Attenborough narrating a programmer's life shows Hollywood actors were right to be afraid of AI::If you've ever wanted acclaimed broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Sir David Attenborough to narrate your life, you're not alone — and you don't have to keep merely wishing for it anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of it is how fast AI can wipe out industries. Most technological breakthroughs took time, something like this could literally be overnight. We need time to adapt.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably half of all office jobs out there could be replaced by a few hundred lines of javascript or python operated by one person replacing a team of 20. I had to write my email address on a paper form today. Paper. And it's been what, half a century since technology at least an order of magnitude more efficient has become accessible to companies?

Technological breakthroughs can happen at breakneck pace, but industries WILL take decades to fully adapt, because the inertia of old capital can drive established but inefficient processes for a very long time until capital dries out, while on the other hand there are only so many startups popping up every year to leverage new efficiencies (and even fewer successful ones, not least of which because VC spending is aimed at buzzword-laden bullshit rather than anything actually meaningful... crypto-metaverses ain't putting anyone out of a job any time soon).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m talking about the industries like the original post. I don’t foresee AI replacing office workers overnight, it’s far too costly for that.