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Attention Economics, Software Engineering, and AI

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  1. bykozy
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    I know there are lots of talks about AI on tildes (e.g. recent https://tildes.net/~tech/1slp/ai_doesnt_reduce_work_it_intensifies_it ), and I wanted to share some alternative thoughts on this...

    I know there are lots of talks about AI on tildes (e.g. recent https://tildes.net/~tech/1slp/ai_doesnt_reduce_work_it_intensifies_it ), and I wanted to share some alternative thoughts on this whole AI hype. It is more related to my experience as a software developer, and I can summarize the less-technical ideas for people who do not want to read the whole article (and I know there are some):

    The positive effects of AI are extremely exaggerated, actually observed impact on job effectiveness is approximately zero, while the real effect is not some " tech singularity", but informational collapse, job market turmoil, and simply noise to cover up the ongoing deep economical crysis.

    Even this big article omits many details, so I can provide some missing logical links if you want to discuss.
    Small disclaimer for people who don't know me: I frequently employ AI as a search engine, and I don't see it becoming anything bigger than that.

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