Excellent article, Nina. As you say, when personal merit (and even wisdom) is no longer the determinant of income, status and economic wellbeing a key question is how will the bounty of AI be shared. Looks like you’ve started the debate!
Well put. The industrialization of intelligence is a succinct way to describe it. So, many interesting questions. I think the idea that AI will up-end high-skill jobs first may need some refinement. There's quite a range of varieties of high-skill job functions and low-skill job functions aren't immune, for instance, taking orders at a restaurant. It's so hard to imagine what job functions and skills will be relevant for humans to focus on. As you suggest, it will transform but not eliminate human involvement, but what will it look like?
Indeed! These are exactly the right questions to ask. I often think about it from the perspective of my young children. The 'truths' we once held as inalienable—study hard, get smart, work hard, get ahead—were built around the pillars of labor and capital. But as we move into this new era, it seems those age-old principles may be redefined in ways we can only begin to imagine.
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Excellent article, Nina. As you say, when personal merit (and even wisdom) is no longer the determinant of income, status and economic wellbeing a key question is how will the bounty of AI be shared. Looks like you’ve started the debate!
Well put. The industrialization of intelligence is a succinct way to describe it. So, many interesting questions. I think the idea that AI will up-end high-skill jobs first may need some refinement. There's quite a range of varieties of high-skill job functions and low-skill job functions aren't immune, for instance, taking orders at a restaurant. It's so hard to imagine what job functions and skills will be relevant for humans to focus on. As you suggest, it will transform but not eliminate human involvement, but what will it look like?
Indeed! These are exactly the right questions to ask. I often think about it from the perspective of my young children. The 'truths' we once held as inalienable—study hard, get smart, work hard, get ahead—were built around the pillars of labor and capital. But as we move into this new era, it seems those age-old principles may be redefined in ways we can only begin to imagine.