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Re:Sergey Brin warns of AI threats through a 'technology ren... by root_axis on Monday April 30, 2018 @10:03AM (#16958625)
That seems like an arbitrary stratification. By the time AI is sophisticated enough to have significant ripple-effects throughout the economy, the "highly paid engineer" is going to be a tiny fraction of the labor force, akin to the hedge fund manager of today. Also, why do I need to hire a team of engineers when I can just spin up a few AWS AI instances.
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Re:Sergey Brin warns of AI threats through a 'technology ren... by noobhacker on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:16PM (#16962930)
That's entirely possible. I'm thinking more about the labor force of the next 40-50 years. In 100 years (or however long it takes for AI to improve itself), engineers may also be obsolete.
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