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This is why I don't think AI will be as world changing as many believe. If it just replaces human thought more inexpensively, we already have a technology that
by danabrams 3y ago
This is why I don't think AI will be as world changing as many believe. If it just replaces human thought more inexpensively, we already have a technology that does that called outsourcing, and it has mixed results.
- sam_goody 3y agoThe difference is a) trust - many don't outsource because the are not willing to reveal company code, are worried the outsourcer will sell their logins, etc. b) availability - AI will drive your kid to school, do his schoolwork, choose him content to watch on his phone, and find you recipes. At some point it will likely also prepare the dish. c) cost (as you pointed out) - Even if you could send your kid to school by taxi, etc it would be prohibitively expensive. d) reliability - the level of AI is pretty low now, but as that improves you will get a less mixed bag than outsourcing.
- mysterydip 3y ago> a) trust Couldn't the AI store/do those things now? Why is an AI program controlled by an external company trusted to parse company code and logins?
- kozikow 3y agoNot just Kenya. I know of a few tasks in the insurance industry the "standard" is to send it to India. There are full factories of people doing specific tasks with insurance data, excels, submissions. It was always in our backlog to train some text proecssing model one day, but it always got postponed. Now I got it working with couple hours of prompt engineering. "Menial standard tasks dealing with messy data our humans outsourcing" jobs are going to be hit pretty hard.