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by xianshou 1252 days ago
Consider "report generator" as one category, throw in "Buzzfeed writer" and "Stack Overflow copy/paster", and a clear bimodal distribution emerges. The human touch is still necessary to add context and distinguish fact from plausible hallucination, but experts can now scale their contributions 10x as a result of immediate access, minimal latency, and reduced communication costs.

We're moving towards a world of chair-fillers at one end, and maestros at the other. The clearest difference between labor in 2022 and 2026 will be the hollowing-out of the middle.