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bauerdyesterday at 7:46 AM3 repliesview on HN

Because these productivity increases will be to the detriment of the average person. We won’t get to reap the benefits.


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hahamasteryesterday at 8:15 AM

You probably will. It's similar to steam engine and mechanical power loom.

Marha01yesterday at 11:11 AM

> We won’t get to reap the benefits.

There is no rational reason to think that. A rising tide lifts all boats.

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DSingularityyesterday at 8:13 AM

It’s unlikely to stop here. Today is a proprietary 5T parameter model, tomorrow it’s 5 100B parameter models that each specialize to specific applications and you can run them on your phone. The direction of travel is not like you think. The real victim will be medium to large software companies that can no longer rely on the difficulty of reproducing or maintaining or hosting their software as moat.