Comment by jrflowers

> a person who was excellent at their pre-AI job, will replace ten of the people down the chain

I think comedy is a great example of how this is not the general case.

In this instance, the video you posted was the result when a comic used a tool to make a non-living thing say their jokes.

That’s not new, that’s a prop. It’s ventriloquism. People have been doing that gag since the first crude marionette was whittled.

The existence of prop comics isn’t an indicator that that’s the pinnacle of comedy (or even particularly good). If Mitch Hedburg had Jeff Dunham’s puppets it probably would’ve been… fine, but if Jeff Dunham woke up tomorrow with Hedburg’s ability to write and deliver jokes his life and career would be dramatically changed forever.

Better dummies will benefit some ventriloquists but there’s no reason to think that this is the moment that the dummies get so good that everyone will stop watching humans and start watching ventriloquists (which is what would have to happen for one e-ventriloquist putting 10 comedians out of a job to be a regular thing)