But strongly disagree that humanities will be automated or become less popular. It will just take a new shape. What I mean is humanities will no longer be gatekept by elite academics with fancy degrees but rather take a new form. What the form would be I don’t know.
1. Right now trades businesses are profitable because of supply and demand. They are profitable, because they are undersupplied.
2. We are assuming robotics stagnates.
Dawkins also writes in The Selfish Gene that memes, a word he coined, are faster than DNA evolution because we can transmit "better" ideas (through language and art) that lead to better behavior. This kind of memetic transition is what AI is bringing. We're seeing it already. The communication around AI causes fights among friends (pro gen AI vs against, esp in the arts) and layoffs from VC-led companies, as well as spawning all kinds of new business ideas as the article mentions.
bigfatkitten•2h ago
Good luck with that. HR departments and interview processes expertly and efficiently filter out neurodivergent talent.
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