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šŗ Will AI replace us? Yes, no, maybe soā¦
PLUS: ChatGPT-4 trained on *1 MILLION* hours of YouTube!
Welcome, humans.
The mainstream media loves to sensationalize AI as inherently ābadā or āevil,ā often lacking nuanced perspectives or viable solutions. At The Neuron, we take pride in highlighting AIās potential and problems, guided by evidence, even when it leads us into tricky territory.
Nobody Puts Baby AI in a Corner Box.
Hereās what you need to know about AI today:
Amazon is scrapping its āJust Walk Outā tech in its grocery stores.
OpenAI trained GPT-4 on 1M+ hours of YouTube content.
Starting in May, AI-generated content on Metaās platforms will be tagged with āMade with AIā disclaimers.
Elon Muskās xAI is in talks to potentially raise $3B at an $18B valuation.
Will AI replace humans? Yes, no, maybe soā¦
The burning question of 2024 is, āWill AI take my job?ā
If you caught Jon Stewartās 15-minute viral take on āThe False Promises of AI,ā you might have come away wishing death to the robots more than after a Blade Runner marathon.
Stewart presents a paradoxical view, asserting that:
AI is overhyped (e.g. it can barely make Zuckerbergās toast).
Yet, AI could soon massively displace jobs.
The segment correctly notes that current AI can automate certain jobs significantly and quickly, such as customer supportāKlarnaās AI did the work of 700 support agents, and e-commerce platform Dukaan laid off 90% of its customer support staff due to AI.
But displacing workers en masse? Thatās actually not what the data says yet.
In fact, some professions, like video editing, accounting, and sales, have seen a demand surge since ChatGPTās rise:
At The Neuron, weāre also optimistic that the AI Revolution will usher in new jobs, as has been the case with most disruptive technologies throughout history.
Will those jobs be people who rate a chatbotās output? Data labelers? Prompt engineers? TBH, itās anyoneās guess.
(Stewart quips that calling someone who types questions a āprompt engineerā is like calling a janitor a ādoctor of moppingā. We canāt help but agree).
Why it matters: Three realities coexist:
AI will replace jobs.
AI will create new jobs.
This will all happen at a breakneck speed.
But it wonāt happen overnight. Many AI solutions arenāt yet capable of automating away an entire personās job or even doing that job well at allā¦
The Information reported that Amazon is ditching its automated, cashier-free grocery stores cause the tech just didnāt work that well.
āThe good news is that most roles are more about workflowsāengineers write code AND analyze data AND write emails.
So far, AI has mostly boosted productivity for white-collar workers, rather than forcing them to update their LinkedIn bios to āopen for workā.
Yes, AI will take jobs, but itāll also create new ones. The best thing you can do today is learn how to work closely with AI in your field.
(Case in point: 63% of tech employers now favor folks who can code with AI rather than just knowing how to code).ā
Around the Horn.
Meta's platforms will start tagging AI-generated content with a "Made with AI" disclaimer this May.
OpenAI reportedly trained ChatGPT-4 on 1M+ hours of YouTube videos; Google also trained its models on YouTube.
Jony Ive, the brain behind the iPhone's design, and OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman are in talks with VCs to raise funds for a hush-hush AI gadget.
Elon Muskās xAI is in talks to potentially raise $3B at an $18B valuation.
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A Cat's Commentary.
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