> Do we now have publishers, journalists, authors, distributors, illustrators, etc.? Also yes. We sure do. When you obsolete labour, you free people up to do o

> Do we now have publishers, journalists, authors, distributors, illustrators, etc.? Also yes. We sure do. When you obsolete labour, you free people up to do other things. However, I question how true this will be with the AI revolution. The printing press is an example of mechanical automation which does not extend into either human creativity (content of writing) or other mechanical processes. It merely provides a means of making multiple copies and passing them along. The printing press among others inventions from the industrial revolution are a false equivalence to the coming AI. AI with the ability to perform physical and mental tasks along with internet-like connectivity and an ability to learn will completely obsolete all work. If not immediately, that is the only foreseeable long-term outcome. AI is not a printing press. It is a way to invent and apply the equivalent of a printing press to all existing and emerging labour markets in an exponential way. Very dangerous when you realize its impacts are not bounded like the industrial revolution. This is an existential threat that comments like yours waive away too easily.