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Re:Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans ... by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday July 07, 2024 @12:49AM (#40895339)
You don't want to automate your job?

I work at solving these problems because I wish they were already solved. If some AI came along and solved them better, that would be great. Then I could move on to more interesting problems.

Re:Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans ... by mitthrowaway2 on Sunday July 07, 2024 @01:08AM (#40895396)
I already automated the uninteresting problems, so the ones that I work on are the interesting ones that remain. Once an AI can do what I currently do better than I can, the next-most-valuable thing I can be hired for is repetitive manual labour, where I'll be competing on a cost and speed basis with servo motors.
Re:Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans ... by visarga on Sunday July 07, 2024 @02:44AM (#40895739)
> Once an AI can do what I currently do better than I can, the next-most-valuable thing I can be hired for is repetitive manual labour

You move one layer up or down the stack. Build things that support AI, or orchestrate it.

One thing humans have and AI models don't is private personal experience. Your perspective can still be useful even if AI can do many things on its own.

Another thing humans have and AI don't - responsibility, you can't do anything to a bad AI, you can punish a person, so we can trust people more where there is a big stake.

Re:Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans ... by mitthrowaway2 on Sunday July 07, 2024 @08:11PM (#40901559)
> Build things that support AI, or orchestrate it.

Is that your job? What will you do when AI does it better, faster, and cheaper than you can do it?