Microsoft bans sexy AI, but will it replace humans? Media icons debate
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“The truth is that these are fundamentally labor-replacing technologies,” said Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “The question is, time horizons. Is it 50 years, or is it 10 years? But the trajectory is clear, and I think the sooner we ground on that reality and figure out as a civilization, what does that mean for people’s incomes? What does it mean for identity and purpose. That’s the hard discussion.
That’s the challenge for civilization in this century, because the incentives are going to be overwhelming to drive labor replacement, because it’s highly efficient and it delivers a lot of value.”
He acknowledged he’s been hiring psychologists, therapists, script writers, comedians, and humanities professionals who understand language, can tell stories and create relationships to develop the social intelligence of AI.
“The operating system, the search engine, the browser, all of the apps, are going to sink into the background. We invented those UIs because computers couldn’t speak our language.”
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