Why AI is still dumb and not scary at all (pt. 1)

This is a shallow and dated article, even when it came out in 2023. LLMs are dumb because they can't multiply, and generalize? They can easily write programs and calculate anything you want, and machine learning is all about generalizing.

   Hot take: if your job can be partially or wholly eliminated by AI, that’s a GOOD THING. If your job has patterns that predictable or labor that routine, AI automation is a GOOD THING. 

What if it lead to widespread under- or unemployment? This social upheaval would lead to people setting aside the niceties of civilization as they fight to meet their basic needs. And such people elect bad governments, which exacerbates the problem.

One might also be scared in a physical sense. The race is afoot to develop physical robots on par with humans. Imagine that as your policeman, or soldier, bringing democracy to a country near you.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/china-tech-contest-features-robot...

The entire point is that LLMs don't think, they're just regressions of information you'd find on the internet. And automation is a good thing. 90% of Americans were farmers in the 1700s; automation completely revolutionized that. Your final point is still a concern in general, specifically what will happen when menial labor no longer exists. At that point, you have to hope that all the wealth generated from automation will be redistributed back in the form of a basic income, otherwise yes, we'll have a lot of people with no means to survive.