April 10, 2023, 3:52 p.m. | Matthew S. Smith

IEEE Spectrum spectrum.ieee.org



“Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones?”

This is one of several questions posed by the Future of Life Institute’s recent call for a pause on “giant AI experiments,” which now has over 10,000 signatories including Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and Andrew Yang. It sounds dire—although maybe laced through with a little bit of hype—and yet how, exactly, would AI be used to automate all jobs? Setting aside whether that’s even desirable—is it …

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