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Feels like we got the promise backwards somewhere along the way. AI should be handling the repetitive, invisible work — not the parts that require taste, creativity, and human context. I don’t think anyone was sitting around thinking, “you know what I’d love? More time for email and admin.”
I agree with the central idea: the noblest purpose of AI is not to replace human experience, but to free human beings from repetition and return them to creation, thought, and moral judgment. Philosophically, technology only makes sense when it expands a person’s concrete freedom; legally, this requires that progress not turn into precarization, depersonalization, or an erosion of workers’ dignity. A machine may wash the dishes, but it should not wash away our conscience or take the place of what is deeply human.
When I read things like "I want AI to do my dishes so I can do art" it's an expression of deeply human desire: "Free me from the drudgery of life." I can relate. But they have confused what AI truly is with what they wish automation had all along. AI isn't a better washing machine or a robot maid waiting for a firmware upgrade. AI is a system for automating cognition, judgement, and symbolic manipulation, which makes it entirely the wrong thing to hand to an artist, writer, deep thinker, etc. Art and writing are what humans do after, or instead of, work. Art, storytelling, writing, ritual are meaning-making things for us humans. These are the things that construct our true identity, build our values, make sense of suffering, allow us to collect socially, and decide what is worth doing and what isn't. Once we stop trying to compare AI to everything human, AI begins to open up possibilities and makes more sense. Comparison breeds dissatisfaction, steals joy, and undermines your goals.
What about the basic law of the market - fair competition? I want to get the best product, not the one that some person decided they created that shouldn't go through the milestone of full-fledged competition.
I am at this moment invigilating two candidates in an SEND situation for a European university, out boredom that! Could AI replace / displace me? Are there studies necessary is not all the knowledge of 'The sea and it's deep sediments' already extant?
Dishwashers and washing machines. Neither need AI. In fact the only ones who need it are those that never developed the skills of writing or creating art. Cognitive offloading is a symptom of using AI, it’s what people have been doing for centuries - just using other people. We all know those types that would take credit for someone else’s work. We see them in many areas. Personally I was never the type to copy homework or plagiarise. For some, that’s how they have always got by.
😂 Better than the reverse👍 Least IT’s not taking your brain, but still☠️ If you haven’t, watch iRobot😱 ONLY a matter of time & WAY SOONER than you think, if we still can still think for ourselves by then😢 NO MATTER how we use IT, IT WILL turn on us 💯 ☠️ IT’s already stopping us from shutting IT down so think about the danger IT presents before you physically expose yourself to IT☠️ Also, EASY is how IT traps us☠️
I had seen this on my LinkedIn feed sometime back as well, and even then it seemed like just a sensational statement. The personification of AI is a big challenge when it comes to technology adoption. Till date in our history, we have never personified any technology that we adopted. For example, the humble computer was always welcome and never seen as a competition. Somehow, we always see AI as a competition persona.
Follow the money. It's not about the possible, it's about the probable. Social media started out as a beautiful thing, connecting all people, but became a global addiction and depression machine, engineered to maximise profit for shareholders. Where can the most profit be found? That's the central question. And the answer is probably not curing cancer or folding clothes.