Ask HN: Are we in the 'Goldilocks era' of AI capabilities?
The article discusses the current state of AI capabilities, suggesting we may be in a 'Goldilocks era' where AI is neither too dumb nor too smart. The author reflects on their experience with AI handling tedious tasks while still lacking the ability to engage in more complex work. They express concern about the future potential of AI and invite others to share their experiences with AI in their respective fields.
- ▪AI is currently capable of handling tedious tasks but lacks the ability to perform more complex work.
- ▪The author is concerned about the future capabilities of AI becoming too advanced.
- ▪The discussion invites perspectives from various fields on the progression of AI capabilities.
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At least for my work, AI is no longer too dumb to handle a lot of the tedium, but also not smart enough to do the interesting stuff. So I am spending more time on the latter, learning more, and getting more done. But I worry that even a year from now, it might be too smart. I've worried about this in the abstract for a while, but it's starting to feel very real, maybe even inevitable.I'm curious for people with different kinds of work, where are we along this progression? Is it still too dumb, and you would like it to automate more of the boring stuff? Or is it good enough that you wish we could wind the clock back (to when)?.For the sake of this conversation, let's assume that everyone gets to keep their job; AI just changes what the job is like (though I'm not saying that's what will…
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