[simianwords]

Strong agree with Karp that people with different thinking will be rewarded.

But strongly disagree that humanities will be automated or become less popular. It will just take a new shape. What I mean is humanities will no longer be gatekept by elite academics with fancy degrees but rather take a new form. What the form would be I don’t know.

[mikkupikku]

I think you're right about the humanities. If you want to talk humanities with an LLM, they're more than capable. But that doesn't mean they're going to take the humanities from humans, all they'll do is make the humanities more accessible to normals. They're great at breaking down complex subjects without feeling judgemental or elitist. They're also excellent for extremely personalized recommendations, not just explanations. I've gotten amazing book recommendations over the past year or two, discussing in detail what I liked, didn't like, didn't understand, etc.

[UncleMeat]

The gatekeepers for the humanities are not the academics. The gatekeepers are the archives and the funding bodies.

AI won't be terribly effective at helping somebdoy publish novel history if they aren't willing and able to go to a bunch of archives all over the world and dig through physical boxes.