and he is factually inaccurate in numerous places... especially in the projections of what the AI build out will do.
As to the benefits... I use AI all the time to help me in my job. It is getting better and better. I used to check everything the prompt generated to see if the answer was accurate... now I simply run validity tests on the generated code... and put it into production within days not weeks or months.
Like I said, AI will run factories and warehouses and drive cars and trucks... it will do research into new drugs, more efficient energy production... and may be the key to creating fusion energy production that will finally kill off the fossil fuel without asking us all to give up things we decided we like ( the ability to travel, to have fresh fruit and veggies in the middle of winter, to live in a comfortable home in spite of winter or summer temperature variations ). Despite the protests of some people on DU, we as a society have decided against nuclear fission as a solution... and green energy is either too expensive or not productive enough to meet our energy demands. So I do hope that AI can help with this.
AI will, eventually, do more medical diagnosis and is already doing a better job than humans at detecting early cancer.
So... you may not use AI everyday, but indirectly you will be using what AI produces. Is it the end all be all? Of course not. It is yet another tool. Just like the internet that put a lot of mankind's knowledge at our fingertips... rather than having to go to the library and "do your own research". And just like the internet and the idiots that believe everything posted, AI will sometimes generate "slop".
I do worry about the future of the job market. I tell my daughter to be prepared for career changes and challenges. When I was a young child in the 1960s, people would get a job at XYZ corp, perhaps in the "mail room" or some such... and work their way into the executive suites... putting in 40 years and take retirement at 65. Those days never existed for me... I have worked at 6 different companies ( 7 including my own startup ) in my career... but always building on what I did in previous jobs. I don't think that is possible today. Not just changing companies but now you must retrain for a whole new career. AI will push this along... and maybe even take over many jobs that exists today.
The odd thing about anti-AI people is that they simultaneously claim that AI produces nothing but "slop" ( whatever that means ) and yet worry that AI is going to take THEIR job. Presumably doing their job for less money and producing better results ( else why would corporations do it? ).
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