A few years ago, when I began writing about Silicon Valley's efforts to replace workers with artificial intelligence, most technical executives had at least the good sense to lie about it.
“We don't automate workers Enhancement They're going to tell me the executives. “Our AI tools don't destroy jobs. They will become useful assistants to free workers from the mundane draghery.”
Of course, those lines – often aimed at reassuring nervous workers and covering them up in corporate automation plans, but they talk more about the limitations of technology than executives' motivations. At the time, AI was not enough to automate most jobs and could not replace university-educated workers in white-collar industries such as technology, consulting, and finance.
That's starting to change. Some of today's AI systems can create software, produce detailed research reports, and solve complex mathematics and science problems. The new AI “agent” allows you to perform long sequences of tasks and check your own work. And while these systems still fall into human shortages in many regions, some experts worry that the recent rise in unemployment rates among university graduates is already using AI as an alternative to some entry-level workers.
On Thursday, I got a glimpse into the future after Laborg with an event held by Mechanize in San Francisco. It has a bold goal of automating all your work, including your work, mining, doctors, lawyers, people who write our software and design care for our buildings and our children.
“Our goal is to fully automate the work,” said Tamay Besiroglu, 29, one of Mechanize's founders. “We want to reach a fully automated economy and make it happen as quickly as possible.”
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