"Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show "This American Life," is not a computer scientist. He doesn't work at Google, Apple or Nvidia. But he does have a great ear for useful phrases, and in 2024 he organized an entire episode around one that might resonate with anyone who feels blindsided by the pace of AI development: "Unprepared for what has already happened.""
"Whenever I lead workshops in law firms, government agencies or nonprofit organizations, I hear that same concern. Highly educated, accomplished professionals worry whether there will be a place for them in an economy where generative AI can quickly - and relativity cheaply - complete a growing list of tasks that an extremely large number of people currently get paid to do."
A resonant phrase captures the unsettling feeling that accumulated experience and expertise may now be obsolete as AI advances rapidly. Highly educated professionals worry about their place in an economy where generative AI can complete many tasks quickly and cheaply. A veteran Microsoft researcher experienced panic upon encountering an AI that could perform what he had spent decades mastering, to the point of seeking hospital care for a suspected heart attack. Concerns include whether improving technology will eclipse abilities that provide meaning and whether established professional roles will persist in the face of automation.
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