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The flip side of that is that at least half of all white-collar work was already useless before AI. If it hasn't already been eliminated, there's no reason to a
by pocksuppet 1mo ago
The flip side of that is that at least half of all white-collar work was already useless before AI. If it hasn't already been eliminated, there's no reason to assume a-priori that AI can eliminate it.
- dosisking 1mo agoIf half of all white-collar work was useless before AI, and AI can replace those workers, then one can logically conclude that AI is useless.
- sfblah 1mo agoNot completely. It just means you can have an AI do the useless busywork instead of a human. Something can be economically useful but still have proponents in a firm.
- pydry 1mo agoA lot of the "useless work" is busywork you do being a part of an executive's empire so they can claim they managed X number of people. How can it do that?
- pocksuppet 1mo agoCall your project Gas Town, write a blog about it, and investors will be swarming all over it thinking managing agents is even more impressive than managing people.