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Emily M. Bender poses question on AI automation losses

Emily M. Bender shared a thought experiment on Bluesky, prompting discussions about the potential losses incurred by perfect automation. The experiment asks what would be lost if a process could be perfectly automated, highlighting concerns about the implications of advanced AI capabilities. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about the societal and human costs of advanced AI automation.

RANK_REASON The item discusses an opinion and thought experiment posed by a known figure in the AI community.

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Emily M. Bender poses question on AI automation losses

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emilymbender.bsky.social ·

    Had the pleasure of meeting @lmesseri.bsky.social in person this past week, and participating in discussions she provoked with a thought experiment of the form:

    Had the pleasure of meeting @lmesseri.bsky.social in person this past week, and participating in discussions she provoked with a thought experiment of the form: "Imagine we had a perfect way to automate __, what would we lose by using that automation?" ... and I'm reminded again …