Corporations Already Showed Us How This Goes

I’m writing in response to Derek Thompson’s fascinating discussion about AI as normal technology. I believe that we human beings are going to turn more and more things over to AI. There are four data points that illustrate this. The first is my own personal experience. Like many, I have access to AI that can explain documents and RFCs to me, and I often use it to do so rather than reading these from first principles. It does depend on the length of the document and whether I’m reading it for work or for fun, though. I also have a habit of asking AI to argue both sides of a particular decision I’m faced with. I still make the decision. But anybody who’s been a secretary in an organization understands that the person who writes down the notes frames the discussion. So I’m relying on AI to frame the problem. Again, my actions after AI suggests alternatives depend on the decision’s impact and how well I know the domain space. There are times I push back but there are times I do not. The…