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What is the AI equivalent of wind-resistant clothing or fireproof materials? So far the only product AI is producing is layoffs.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
What is the AI equivalent of wind-resistant clothing or fireproof materials?
So far the only product AI is producing is layoffs.
- TeMPOraL 7mo ago> wind-resistant clothing Better autocomplete/autocorrect, "circle on screen" -> OCR anywhere, high-quality automated background removal[0]. > fireproof materials No big examples to point at now, except maybe whatever security fixes that'll come out of Glasswing Project[1]. > So far the only product AI is producing is layoffs. AI-related[2] layoffs are a direct consequence of useful things AI is delivering. -- [0] - Super useful for e.g. making ID photos, which I notice I need to do increasingly often, which is likely a consequence of proliferation of remote/digital ID verification, which nicely ties us back to question 'butlike expressed, i.e. how much is technological progress actually improving things. [1] - https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing [2] - As opposed to "we wanted to lay off people anyway, AI just provided a socially-acceptable excuse".