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Baldur Bjarnason Feb 7, 2025

I’ve often made the point that generative AI is an amazing tech much like asbestos is an amazing material: they have qualities that feel like genuine miracles but at a human cost so high that broad adoption is only possible if human life is devalued beyond what has been acceptable up until now

But much of the adoption of generative models doesn’t come from the few it does well, but is driven by those who do not understand the job they’re replacing.

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Nemethon

The displacement of jobs by robots and AI is not really the real problem. On the contrary, this used to be a part of utopias, not dystopias. The problem is people's refusal to adapt our society and economy to this. It cannot be that only a few people benefit from automation, otherwise the economy will collapse and violent conflicts will ensue. An unconditional basic income would be the first step to respond to this, but it is far from sufficient.