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DescriptionA 25-year-old AI company employee argues that AGI-driven obsolescence of knowledge work is imminent, drawing on her own experience as a freelance writer. She sets aside economic policy questions to focus on whether humans can find happiness and meaning without employment. The essay examines the psyc…
Source URLwww.palladiummag.com/2024/05/17/my-last-five-years-of-work/
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titleMy Last Five Years of Work
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summaryA 25-year-old AI company employee argues that AGI-driven obsolescence of knowledge work is imminent, drawing on her own experience as a freelance writer. She sets aside economic policy questions to focus on whether humans can find happiness and meaning without employment. The essay examines the psyc
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  "The relevant AI benchmark is not whether AI beats the best human, but whether it beats the average human who would otherwise do the task.",
  "Knowledge workers tend toward denial, focusing on AI's remaining weaknesses rather than its rapidly expanding competencies.",
  "Work provides not just …
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contextNoteA first-person essay by a frontier AI company employee reflecting on the near-term obsolescence of knowledge work due to advancing AI capabilities, exploring psychological and social implications of a post-work society assuming material needs are met via UBI.
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