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Nick Nemeth's avatar

Working for a tech company that's involved in the whole AI thing, I've had a front-row seat to the current "show". I can say that I've personally seen glimmers of what's to come with AI in the workplace in the past nine months or so. It has nothing to do with "superintelligence," by the way. However, the thing that nobody seems to mention is that it will require a huge re-tooling of our "human capital" to train people and that will cost a significant amount in both time and money... if it happens at all. There was a technology about a decade ago that promised similar things but then ultimately went nowhere (if you're aware of RPA, then you know what I mean).

Benjy Compson's avatar

Speaking of a thought A.I. bubble…same price, same bat arrival time…Do you take Waymo, or Uber, to the Village Idiwitt, that is the question R.T. In the meantime, I will leave it to you to inform me as to whether we the people are on the verge of societal collapse, or Utopia…but me thinks regression to the mean, whatever that is going to be…don’t ask Elon, he is a fing mad genius who will be found on Epstein Island one of these days…or the Island of Dr Moreau

Steven Ehrman's avatar

Interesting article regarding AI. Many people and businesses that I know are trying to integrate AI into business processes. Not a lot of results yet other than a way to write letters!

Regarding the Kennedy Center, I don't get it. The Kennedy Center was chartered by Congress, has congressional oversight, was built by the government, and receives yearly federal subsidies. Considering this statement

“Civil society” is a term political scientists use to describe public spaces that are outside the realm of government"

how is the Kennedy Center a civil institution?