Comment on Yes, AI will eventually replace some workers. But that day is still a long way off
jarfil@beehaw.org 2 weeks agoA lot of people have been working tedious and repetitive “filler” jobs.
- Computers replaced a lot of typists, drafters, copyists, calculators, filers, clerks, etc.
- LLMs are replacing receptionists, secretaries, call center workers, translators, slop “artists”, etc.
- AI Agents are in the process of replacing aides, intermediate administrative personnel, interns, assistants, analysts,
spammerssalespeople, basic customer support, HR personnel, etc.
In the near future, AI-controlled robots are going to start replacing low skilled labor, then intermediate skilled ones.
“AI” has the meaning of machines replacing what used to require humans to perform. It’s a moving goalpost: once one is achieved, we call it an “algorithm” and move to the next one, and again, and again.
Right now, LLMs are at the core of most AI, but AI has already moved past that, to “AI Agents”, which is a fancy way of saying “a loop of an LLM and some other tools”. There are already talks of moving past that too, the next goalpost.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 weeks ago
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and even those people can’t be replaced.
jarfil@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
One of the worst possible examples ever: Klarna is a payment processor, people don’t call their bank to get the same answer the system is already giving them, they call to negotiate something about their money. AIs are at a troubleshooting level, at best some very basic negotiation, nowhere near dealing with people actually concerned about their money.
Seems like Klarna fell hook, line, and sinker for the hype. Tough luck, need to know the limits.