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by contagiousflow 16 days ago
> what processes do you have set up to backstop automated decisionmaking?

The companies releasing these models actively encourage the act of automated decision making by them. The entire value proposition is the automation of decisions and knowledge work. It's rare to find a use case for them that isn't offboarding your thinking and therefore agency

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The entire value proposition of the computer industry is the automation of decisions and knowledge work. We are and always have been in the business of automating away people's jobs.
I reckon we agree more than we disagree, but there is a dichotomy of expansive and contractive technologies. Much of the computer industry has given more agency, choice, and knowledge to people.
That's not in tension with the fact that computers have displaced enormous numbers of jobs. The pitch has always been that the displacement is accompanied by new opportunities elsewhere in the economy.