Greg WaltonJan 8, 2023
Meredith Whittaker
“AI” will not replace you. A person making half what you do with no benefits whose job is the same as yours but now includes babysitting “AI” will.
Jan 5, 2023 at 10:39pmWeb
Show threadIvan Maljukanović Jan 5, 2023

@Mer__edith

That sounds closer to reality we're living in.

Being genuine and social will be more important than ever.

Show threadArun S. MaiyaJan 6, 2023
@Mer__edith It's not even original. He's plagiarizing something Curtis Langlotz said about radiology: “AI won't replace radiologists, but radiologists who use AI will replace radiologists who don't.”
Show threadJake RaysonJan 7, 2023

@Mer__edith ‘In the future, there’s a machine, a man & a dog. The machine produces, the dog guards the machine, and the man feeds the dog.’

Can’t for the life of me remember where I heard this.

Show threadhereforasecJan 8, 2023

@natureworks @Mer__edith

Sounded like Kurt Vonnegut to me but I googled it and got Warren Bennis?
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/warren_bennis_402360

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Show threadSunnySideUpJan 8, 2023
@Mer__edith
Show threadRenkeSiemsJan 9, 2023
@Mer__edith Maybe that person isn't even an AI babysitter, but simply a ghost worker and doesn't appear anywhere because it's like, "But that's AI!"
Show threadtdietterichJan 12, 2023
@Mer__edith Of course there is another world in which AI tools empower all of us to achieve more than we can achieve now. Let's work for that world.
Show threadyakJan 16, 2023
@Mer__edith don't forget the 10 Bangalis who get paid almost nothing and do most of the work of inspecting, cleaning, or even generating AI training data.
Show threadMeredith WhittakerJan 17, 2023
@yakmacker I don't