I wonder if predictions regarding AI related productivity growth are completely inaccurate?
The human organism is thrifty. It seeks to conserve energy. When movement or exercise is halted, it quickly moves to reduce muscle mass, a costly tissue to maintain.
The brain also is quite adaptive. Studies out there describe the impacts of the internet and search engines on native human memory. The organism is happy to learn that if the cost of storing information is high, and the cost of finding it is low, it is happy to adapt and rely on external sources.
The LLM revolution could be driving “the google effect” on steroids. (you can look into Sparrow Study, navigation related memory research, modified stroop task in the context of the internet and memory)
I wonder if human capabilities will atrophy faster than predicted and faster than AI rollouts can keep up, in the short to medium term.
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Productivity? We just allocate labor to growing the top 0.01% wealth, not getting more efficient at providing the things Americans actually need.
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I wonder if predictions regarding AI related productivity growth are completely inaccurate?
The human organism is thrifty. It seeks to conserve energy. When movement or exercise is halted, it quickly moves to reduce muscle mass, a costly tissue to maintain.
The brain also is quite adaptive. Studies out there describe the impacts of the internet and search engines on native human memory. The organism is happy to learn that if the cost of storing information is high, and the cost of finding it is low, it is happy to adapt and rely on external sources.
The LLM revolution could be driving “the google effect” on steroids. (you can look into Sparrow Study, navigation related memory research, modified stroop task in the context of the internet and memory)
I wonder if human capabilities will atrophy faster than predicted and faster than AI rollouts can keep up, in the short to medium term.
Productivity? We just allocate labor to growing the top 0.01% wealth, not getting more efficient at providing the things Americans actually need.