AI is not a normal technology
AI is not a normal technologyThis is an addendum to my original Meditations on AI post, and a response to a few other articles from last year.theahuraSep 13, 202642ShareI. The only remaining fundamental disagreement between people who think AI is a normal technology and those that don’t is the belief that the AI can do everything a human can do, but better. If you believe this, then it’s almost tautological to say that there will be no jobs left for humans.
- ▪AI is not a normal technologyThis is an addendum to my original Meditations on AI post, and a response to a few other articles from last year.theahuraSep 13, 202642ShareI.
- ▪The only remaining fundamental disagreement between people who think AI is a normal technology and those that don’t is the belief that the AI can do everything a human can do, but better.
- ▪If you believe this, then it’s almost tautological to say that there will be no jobs left for humans.
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| Publication time | Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:00:09 +0000 |
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AI is not a normal technologyThis is an addendum to my original Meditations on AI post, and a response to a few other articles from last year.theahuraSep 13, 202642ShareI. The only remaining fundamental disagreement between people who think AI is a normal technology and those that don’t is the belief that the AI can do everything a human can do, but better. If you believe this, then it’s almost tautological to say that there will be no jobs left for humans. And if you don’t believe this, then it’s almost tautological that there will be jobs left for humans. In other words, the debate about AI can basically be entirely boiled down to whether or not it can continue to acquire capabilities until it covers the full range of human capacity.
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