Is AI a net benefit or net negative for humans?
Just curious of what you think.
After the former Google CEO got booed off stage, and just the recent sentiment that is almost palpable, you can tell people are starting to sour on the side of AI.
The future looks bleak to some and uncertain to others.
My mind has been racing. For the last few years we have been building Ai agents and deploying them for SMB's.
In the past, you could speak about cost cutting, increasing margins at the expense of humans, but now, that is not a great way to position things on a sales call if you actually want to close deals.
The argument some would make is it is increasing efficiency. By installing this agent in a company, now this roofing company is not losing revenue. The downside is that a human job is gone. (We have seen it a lot with the builds, not very proud of that fact to be honest).
So on one side, one person wins. The other side, the other person wins.
After a lot of consideration here. It left me with a thought. On one side, someone loses their job. On the other side, someone becomes more efficient. Does that actually even out?
My thought is no. Not because I'm some crazed anti-capitalist, but what happened before was simply distribution. It wasn't waste due to inefficiency. If that person called x company and Linda was on the other line and missed the call, that homeowner would call the next roofing company. The money was still distributed. The job didn't just disappear due to a lack of efficiency. The home owner didn't just call Randy's roofing and give up on roof repair because Linda didn't answer.
The argument that some other country will beat us to it so we have to do it is fair, but man, that still feels like a weak case for AI.
I think it's hella fun, I just do not see real net benefit to it and I personally think humanity would have been better off without advanced technology.
I know someone will come with the argument that (X) was invented and it created more jobs, but to be honest, that is intellectually lazy and you know it. This is not a freaking typewriter. Humans were in the loop for all of those items.
So, do you think AI is a net good or net negative for humanity?