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by mitthrowaway2 892 days ago
> Tools are built to serve man. AI is just another tool.

This logic reads as an attempted proof that no man-made machine or technology can ever possibly be net harmful. That seems like an argument easily punctured.

"This is no different" is also a leap, because humans have a large but finite number of ways to be of service to each other. Mechanization augmented one of them, which shifted more value onto the remainders (mostly intellectual and emotional work). If AI can replace the latter, it's not implausible that this really will broadly displace the majority of human labor skills without growing new value areas, similar to how mechanization replaced horses.
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joshuahedlund 892 days ago
> humans have a large but finite number of ways to be of service to each other.

I’m not so sure this is finite. My entire career is a service job that didn’t exist two generations ago.

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mitthrowaway2 892 days ago
Yes, but you're performing that task using mental hardware that existed millennia ago.

New jobs can and will be created, but will you be able to beat AI at those jobs?

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