Originally Posted by Michael Zaneski
5 years, not 50 indeed.

Marty, I share your insecurity towards AI to a degree, but I want to stress what I see as a big silver lining here, at least at present. Because of how I use AI, I see it as mostly just changing the roles that humans play in the process of creativity--doing that more than actually eliminating "us".

Mike
I don't disagree with anything that you have written. your clarity is refreshing and interesting to read.

I would like your viewpoint on where this could go.

My fear...
Some people say that no machine can ever be as complex as the human mind. I dont know if that is true or not. Personally doubt it.
What I am certain of is that...when the scope of a task is narrowed, a machine can produce several solutions before I can produce one.
And I also know that none of this existed when I was young. It is a nascent field that is already a marvel, yet expanding and enhancing faster and faster.

As random old forks go, I'm more computer literate than most. Probably more than most people. I can use several softwares competently because of my work. On some of them the user interface and functionality is fairly complex. (REVIT ARCHITECTURE) But...there is not a decision that I make and implement that I dont think could be replicated by a machine. The firewall has been that computers could not string these decisions together in a start-to-finish string, evaluating them all the while....but soon they will because of AI.

As these machines and their linked robots come online...what do you think happens to the displaced people? The vast majority of people have no highly specialized skills and many with highly specialized skills can be replaced by machines.

Do you think that many people will be displaced or a minimal percentage?

Ps...I enjoyed your reference to Michelangelo. He's my favorite architect. wink And...he did some marble statues too. wink

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