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Re:OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain by AlexandrB on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:22PM (#38350957)
They don't. But if you look at predictions of the future like those in optimistic SciFi, the dream was that automation would eliminate repetitive, dirty, and dangerous jobs, eliminate scarcity of basic necessities like food, and free up every individual to pursue whatever creative endeavours they wish.

What we're getting instead is the automation of those creative endeavours, while leaving a "gap" of repetitive, mind numbing work (like labelling data or doing basic physical tasks like "picking" goods in an Amazon warehouse) that still has to be done by humans.

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Re:OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain by Turing_Machine on Monday November 20, 2023 @10:43PM (#38358846)
You're confusing "enjoying a creative endeavor" with "being able to make a living from that creative endeavor".

Hand weaving is a creative endeavor, but almost no one makes a living from hand weaving today. People still do it for fun, though.

The upside there is that most people are able to afford more than two sets of clothing (one for daily wear, one for church, weddings, funerals, etc.).

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