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I think you have to distinguish between supply-push services and demand-pull services. People will pay big money for demand-pull (I have a problem and you will

I think you have to distinguish between supply-push services and demand-pull services. People will pay big money for demand-pull (I have a problem and you will solve it) and a little money to supply-push (Here are some words that I sell you and that might help you). AI can probably do supply-push well, but will find it a real struggle to address demand-pull. Your customer may only have a 100 IQ, but regarding their specific problems they have a 200 IQ, and your 120 IQ AI attempting to solve their specific problems will end up frustrating, angering and eventually just disgusting the customer.

muzani 2y ago
That's the point, yeah? AI will convert a lot of things from demand-pull to supply-push. That's where the hype is. It's going to lower pay for a ton of people. That's where the hate is. That's why there was a writer's strike last year. That's why artists have been boycotting everything made after 2020. People aren't disgusted that the AI solves a problem, they're disgusted because they linked their identities to the way a problem is solved. Taxi drivers are still disgusted by Waze, Uber drivers less so.
- c1sc0 2y ago
  “Linked their identities to X” is the key behavior to understand here. A lot of creative people have linked their identities to activities that are low on the food chain for AI. The close-minded creatives will resist AI because it threatens the identities they built for themselves, the open-minded ones will embrace AI as a tool to increase their creativity.