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What Happens When AI Learns to Do Our Jobs

Plain English with Derek Thompson

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The bitter lesson: machines outperform handcrafted human knowledge

Derek invites the bitter lesson; Ethan explains how systems like AlphaZero show computing plus self-learning can outstrip human-designed rules.

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