The Future of AI and Knowledge Work

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The place where AI is going to have the big impact is less sexy than this notion of I just have a blinking chat cursor and I can ask this thing to do whatever I want. As these tools get better, I don't have to send 126 emails a day anymore because I can actually have a bespoke AI agent handle a lot of that work for me. It's like talking to Alexa type sense. Can you gather the data I need for writing this report? Can you set up a meeting next week for me with these three principles? You know how much if you can just do something until you're done and then the AI agents on your computer says, okay, we got the stuff

Are new AI technologies like ChatGPT about to massively disrupt our world? Drawing from his recent New Yorker article on the topic, Cal explains exactly how programs like ChatGPT work, and uses this knowledge to explain why we can calm our fears about this new technology.

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Today’s Deep Question: How does ChatGPT work? (And should we worry about it?) [11:24]

- Is there anything AI won’t do better than humans? [57:30]

- How will AI end up disrupting knowledge work? [1:02:27]

- Should I quit web development before AI eliminates the industry? [1:07:32]

- Will AI create mass job loss in the next five years? [1:11:52]

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newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/what-kind-of-mind-does-chatgpt-have

twitter.com/tqbf/status/1598513757805858820