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I feel like no matter how productive AI becomes, it will always be more productive when paired with humans. Since all companies will have AI, and since they wil

I feel like no matter how productive AI becomes, it will always be more productive when paired with humans. Since all companies will have AI, and since they will continue to play the same game as before--sell a good or service that provides a better value than the competition--that means that humans will still be the differentiator.

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EGreg 3y ago
This is what Kasparov said about chess. He was wrong. The “centaur” phase lasted for a while but after a few years humans only make things worse. In fact that is the famous last words of humans in every area where computers have surpassed them.
- MetaWhirledPeas 3y ago
  "Productive" may have been a poor word choice. When faced with a sea of AI-driven options people will be looking for a differentiator. The human touch will be the differentiator. There will probably be a lot of efforts to authenticate human involvement. Consider the alternative. A million models all competing for human dollars. How can any of them succeed if they are all interchangeable? It stops mattering that they are better than humans if they can't make money.
- ecronant 3y ago
  True, but at the same time humans seem to have a self delusion/bias of efficiency. If we were really Homo economicus there wouldn't be so many bullshit jobs right now. Homo economicus would be excited about the 2024 computer chess championships. The idea of grand masters would be a relic of the past. Homo economicus in 2050 would be a single CEO with everything else done by AI. A real human though will hire another human for some bullshit job just to tell the owner how great they are. Over time, that human with the bullshit job will gain status in society and hire/convince the owner they need to hire human number 3 to tell human number 2 how great they are. Hell, a real human will waste money on an office and hire other humans for bullshit jobs just so their parking spot feels like something special in the morning. Magnus Carlsen couldn't be doing better even though Homo economicus would no longer be impressed at all with a rating of 2882. Homo economicus would think that rating sucks but humans have nothing to do with Homo economicus.

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EGreg 3y ago

This is what Kasparov said about chess. He was wrong. The “centaur” phase lasted for a while but after a few years humans only make things worse. In fact that is the famous last words of humans in every area where computers have surpassed them.

MetaWhirledPeas 3y ago
"Productive" may have been a poor word choice. When faced with a sea of AI-driven options people will be looking for a differentiator. The human touch will be the differentiator. There will probably be a lot of efforts to authenticate human involvement. Consider the alternative. A million models all competing for human dollars. How can any of them succeed if they are all interchangeable? It stops mattering that they are better than humans if they can't make money.
ecronant 3y ago
True, but at the same time humans seem to have a self delusion/bias of efficiency. If we were really Homo economicus there wouldn't be so many bullshit jobs right now. Homo economicus would be excited about the 2024 computer chess championships. The idea of grand masters would be a relic of the past. Homo economicus in 2050 would be a single CEO with everything else done by AI. A real human though will hire another human for some bullshit job just to tell the owner how great they are. Over time, that human with the bullshit job will gain status in society and hire/convince the owner they need to hire human number 3 to tell human number 2 how great they are. Hell, a real human will waste money on an office and hire other humans for bullshit jobs just so their parking spot feels like something special in the morning. Magnus Carlsen couldn't be doing better even though Homo economicus would no longer be impressed at all with a rating of 2882. Homo economicus would think that rating sucks but humans have nothing to do with Homo economicus.