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by Jensson 421 days ago
Once it pushed out most humans from white collar labor so the remaining humans work in blue collar jobs people wont say its just a stochastic parrot.
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Maybe, maybe not. Power loom pushed a lot of humans out of the textile factory jobs, yet noone claims power loom is the AGI.
Not a lot, I mean basically everyone, to the point where most companies doesn't need to pay humans to think anymore.
Well, I'm too lazy to look up how many weavers were displaced back then and that's why I said a lot. Maybe all of them, since they weren't trained to operate the new machines.

Anyway, sorry for a digression, my point is LLM replacing white collar workers doesn't necessarily imply it's generally intelligent -- it may but doesn't have to be.

Although if it gets to a point where companies are running dark office buildings (by analogy with dark factories) -- yes, it's AGI by then.

Or become shocked to realize humans are basically statistical parrots too.
The blue collar jobs are more entertaining anyways, provided you take the monetary inequality away.
Tastes differ.