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Related to humans doing the drudge work, in a sense that's what AI data centers are.

Just like our brain does a lot of unconscious autonomic work, LLMs are blissfully unaware of the data centers staffed with people doing all the heavy lifting of electricity, climate control, failover, disaster recovery etc.

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True, but, is that bad? Or I guess, should we care? (Is it weird that the answer isn't definitely no?)

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I reckon the wins in enterprise will be knowledge arbitrage where young(er) people will more quickly figure out how to quietly automate the essence of their work, and capture the free time for themselves rather than sharing it for others (their boss especially) to use.

I see it as capitalism vs central planning. A thousand thousand thousand enterprising young employees will much sooner find a way to maximise their own outcomes, and more likely find a way to take personal credit for efficiency gains, while CEOs will be entirely misguided in their efforts at coordinated AI. (no formal political education was involved in forming this take)

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My favorite description of TikTok was written by the person whose column he is guest writing https://kylechayka.substack.com/p/essay-how-do-you-describe-tiktok

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