As we try and predict the future, we explore the possibilities of technology augmenting or replacing the middle of the bell curve. What has history taught us, and where do we expect it to repeat itself or at least rhyme?
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SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #930 Transcript
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SHOW NOTES:
- I Am Disappointed in the AI Discourse (Steve Klabnik)
- All My AI Skeptical Friends are Nuts (Thomas Ptacek)
- Pearl Jam - Porch (1991)
MOST OF US ARE THE MIDDLE TODAY….BUT WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW?
- I’d like to give you free intelligence. Later it might cost something, but it’ll be available
- If you choose not to engage with it, your job prospects might be limited in the future
- There ain’t gonna be any middle anymore - how does that relate to AI?
- “Hollowing out the middle”
- We can’t force people to use AI, but it’s going to be in the tools you use daily
- You probably have a choice now
- AI won’t have binary impacts on everyone (good/bad), but it’ll have impacts
- I understand that we don’t understand everyone else’s context, but we do have historical context
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