[stephc_int13]

I see any kind automation as a good thing as long as it is reliable enough. We stopped copying books manually a long time ago, and the craft was lost, most of us can't do complex calculations manually etc. but it does not matter as long as we can rely on calculators and computers to do it.

At this stage, the current wave of AI is not reliable enough that it would be safe to lose the abilities it can replace.

The failures modes are often turned into memes and jokes, but they are the thing we should really pay attention to, IMO.

[ericmcer]

Automating manual labor or repetitive brainless tasks is way different from automating high skill knowledge work.

I agree that automation is good when it frees us up for higher pursuits, but what is the end goal? All human labor is replaced? No human can produce anything of value relative to a machine? What does our life look like then?