I don’t think there’s any doubt that AI (Artificial Intelligence) will eventually eliminate jobs, even high-paying ones, so naturally there is a palpable angst when the topic comes up.
I say welcome the change. Elon Musk and other techno-savvy businesspeople are already discussing how to use profits from AI to fund a guaranteed income for all Americans.
Talk about your socialist dream come true!
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I am a journalist by training and profession, and I pride myself on my ability to string words together. But when it comes to many written tasks, I’ve discovered that AI is simply better and faster.
Case in point: I read an opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal about Leo Tolstoy and his search for meaning in life. The article was penned by none other than a professor of Slavic languages and literature. Quite the credentials, eh?
However, after wading through his tortuous exposition of Tolstoy’s writings and thoughts about death and the purpose of life, I turned to AI with the topic: “Tolstoy and the meaning of life.”
What I got was a concise, highly organized exposition of Tolstoy’s life and the evolution of his views on the meaning of life and death. The text was available in a minute or so, and I was quickly able to grasp what the professor had obscured through his professorial approach.
Now, AI is great at many forms of writing, but creative writing remains one of the possible exceptions to AI’s superiority. However, even when it comes to writing novels, I found a site that uses AI to pick your brain and put your thoughts together in penning a novel. I tried it briefly, and it was always about two or three steps ahead of my thinking.
So, I say: Let’s all embrace AI. The proverbial “Life of Riley” (I’m dating myself) may await all of us as those AI-generated monthly income checks come rolling in.