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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

Play It Again, Claude

By the early 1900s, player pianos had evolved to more fully reproduce a human performance, including subtle dynamics like tempo changes and the introduction of a damper pedal. The human role went from deskilled to fully deprecated as electric motors replaced foot-powered bellows. With the Seeburg Lilliputian Model L, the only job left for humans who wanted to play the piano in the 1920s was to put in a coin.
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Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Ben Horowitz says fears of an AI-fueled job apocalypse are based on a flawed assumption

AI is unlikely to cause unavoidable mass unemployment because automation historically eliminated jobs while creating unforeseen new work and evolving opportunities.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

AI might be creating a permanent underclass' but it's the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham

Rapid AI advancement will create a permanent underclass of those not integrated with AI, displacing many jobs and widening opportunity and wealth gaps.
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