[adrianN]

AlphaGo is not aware that it’s playing a game either, but it’s better than humans at it. Awareness is not necessary to make people lose their jobs.

[samuellevy]

I don't really know anything about AlphaGo. There's more types of "AI" than LLMs, but that's not really the point. You don't need AI for people to lose their jobs... but nobody is losing their jobs to AlphaGo, and in the grand scheme of things it's unlikely that people are going to lose their jobs to GPT, too.

[adrianN]

If you make people who produce text 25% more productive you can fire one in four and increase your profits.

[sam_lowry_]

> Awareness is not necessary

Wasn't it the plot of a sci-fi novel by Vernor Vinge or someone at least as popular?

[fiveg]

You might be thinking of Blindsight by Peter Watts. Great book.