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Circa 1993, Vernor Vinge wrote that the first working AI would be the last thing that humanity ever invented. We don't *have* a first working AI, and at this rate—shifting the global economy to run at
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Just moved from ohai.social over here. Will put up a better bio RSN. EN/DE/SP/FR/JP Old sorta-retired software dude, still learning, so much more to learn. Cat guy, was called El Gato for 40 years. Dog guy, too, lost a sweet GSD not long ago, not ready for another dog just yet Remarried and living in western Wisconsin. Enjoy photography, writing a book about The Driftless, learning to made drone video. Life's been good to me. Breathe in: life is going on all around you.
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Nov 19, 2025
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The notion of "work" as we understand it today was (arguably) defined in the Industrial Revolution. The computer changed "work" again in the 1970s.
AI will not change "work" as AI's current advocates suppose. Nor will AI change "work" as its enemies suppose. It's already much futher into our lives than we suppose. Night mode on your phone? Zoom? That's AI, makin' shit up.
Of the signal processing AI, I'll just say Qualcomm Snapdragon X75 or MediaTek M90) now have their own dedicated AI tensor accelerators built directly into the modem hardware, separate from the phone's main AI chip.
All this nonsense about how AI will replae humans, absolute nonsense, people won't stand for it. But that's not where AI is going. People will always handle the exceptions. That might be five minutes of "work" a day.
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