We were told jobs would be wiped out, and that what came after would be worth it. But as AI vacuums up basic skills and gets us to teach it to replace us, what exactly is the payoff again?
Skill values in our future: So, a neurosurgeon needs a plumber on a Sunday morning for a major leak. The plumber responds and fixes the leak in an hour and hands the grateful neurosurgeon a bill for $2,000. The neurosurgeon is taken aback, says as a neurosurgeon even he doesn't charge that much. The plumber responds that he knows, he used to be a neurosurgeon.
Skill values in our future: So, a neurosurgeon needs a plumber on a Sunday morning for a major leak. The plumber responds and fixes the leak in an hour and hands the grateful neurosurgeon a bill for $2,000. The neurosurgeon is taken aback, says as a neurosurgeon even he doesn't charge that much. The plumber responds that he knows, he used to be a neurosurgeon.
Oh wow, I thought this story was going somewhere else!