AdvertisementI asked Merchant for his perspective on how history informs how we should think about AI and labor.
AdvertisementTake the clothworkers: skilled weavers made really high quality cloth and framework knitters made stockings that were nice and durable.
Just about everyone loses except the factory owners, who profit from churning out more shoddily made stuff at a rate that the skilled workers can't compete with.
AdvertisementBased on your understanding of history, what are the chances that AI helps people by lowering the gap between lower skilled and higher skilled workers?
Now, as then, the vast, vast majority of the time, AI absolutely cannot replicate a good writer or worker's output.
Persons:
—, Insider's Aki Ito, Brian Merchant, Merchant, Aki Ito, Aki, coders, Ian, it's
Organizations:
Big Tech, Service
Locations:
England