Comment by Atheros

I think it remains to be seen whether the various AI tools we have today are a net-negative or net-positive for society.

Most inventions are a net positive: The steam engine, vaccines, chimneys.

A few are net-negative: grenades, leaded gasoline, asbestos insulation.

If we can no longer trust that a potential job candidate in a video call actually exists, they will have to be flown in. That's a cost. If we can no longer trust that an employee who wrote a document actually thought about it at all and must be questioned to make sure, that's a cost. Those costs will add up.

A written document or a video essay used to be proof-of-thought and now it's not. If we can't find new proofs of thought, and if AI doesn't get vastly better to the point where we can trust it blindly, then I think this will all be a net-negative.

One of the motivations to build data centers as fast as possible and improve tools as fast as possible may be to get to net-positive before it all gets banned. This article exists. The clock is ticking.