"Actual legitimate work" often ends up being bullshit job busywork that probably has no reason for existing in the first place, if we're being honest. Crypto o

"Actual legitimate work" often ends up being bullshit job busywork that probably has no reason for existing in the first place, if we're being honest. Crypto often had to invent new pyramid schemes from whole cloth, so it was easier for people to see the grift for what it was. Whereas AI is slotting into the long-established pyramid scheme of bullshit jobs, and just pushing out a growing number of human operators. It's harder for us to perceive the ultimate pointlessness of much of AI's current application because we have a vested interest in believing our own role as humans amounts to something more than it actually does.