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Re:Ask HN: Will reliance on GPT result in a local maximum of... by iExploder on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:37AM (#35368887)
> The role of GPT will be to reduce the cost of exploring the space of existing knowledge, and helping to evaluate these combinations.

I think you nailed it.

imo what OP is worried about is a valid concert. future depends on how and where people can find motivation to push forward. and that depends on how society structures itself in a world where majority of human population is obsolete.

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Re:Ask HN: Will reliance on GPT result in a local maximum of... by mikewarot on Thursday March 30, 2023 @08:49AM (#35371823)
President Nixon (1969-1974) was working on an economic plan to handle the massive wave of people that would be unemployed because of automation... then changed course at the last minute for reasons that are still being debated.

Like many issues, failure to follow through back then is catching up with us.

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