KATE THOMPSON DAVY: OpenAI vs open letter: the fight over AI’s threats and opportunities
Most opponents of the incredible new tech are deeply hypocritical and cravenly begging for a chance to catch up
Apparently, it’s not just the knowledge-worker plebs losing sleep over artificial intelligence (AI) anymore. Although, to be fair, AI anxiety hasn’t robbed me of any more sleep than my TikTok habits do.
When it first burst onto the scene — or onto Joe Public’s radar — in November 2022 there was a moment of fretful insomnia, a woeful wondering if it was too late for me to consider a career pivot. Just what other possible work I’ll do when AI takes my job remains unclear to me, but the leading candidates are subsistence Karoo goat farmer and reluctant bank robber … Remember when the inherent promise of rapidly progressing tech was no-labour-all-leisure? Those were the days!..
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