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June 28th, 2024

OpenAI CTO says AI should displace some creative jobs that shouldn't exist

OpenAI's Mira Murati stirred controversy by suggesting AI will replace creative jobs. Critics find her remarks insensitive and lacking clarity on AI's impact, sparking a debate on job automation's implications.

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OpenAI CTO says AI should displace some creative jobs that shouldn't exist

The OpenAI executive, Mira Murati, sparked controversy by suggesting that AI will eliminate creative jobs that she believes "shouldn't have been there in the first place." Murati's comments have been criticized for being tone-deaf and dismissive towards artists who may lose their jobs to AI-generated content. She also mentioned that AI could impact the job market more broadly by replacing strictly repetitive tasks. Economists warn of a potential "jobs apocalypse," with entry-level, part-time, and administrative positions being at high risk. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has also expressed concerns about job automation, stating that jobs will inevitably disappear. Murati's remarks have drawn attention to the insensitivity of some tech leaders towards the issue of job automation. Critics point out her lack of clarity on important matters, such as the training data used for AI models. The debate continues on the implications of AI on the workforce and the responsibility of tech companies in managing this transition.

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By @kawareness - 3 months
I honestly believe it so but at a gradual pace and not in entirety. Think about 10 years back when we laughed at the potential of AI but now we are living in the middle of those potential transforming into reality and action. We have lot of well wishers very optimistic and on the another spectrum just predicting collapse. The jobs will slowly disappear at the least white collar jobs but blue collars will stay for some time to come longer than white collar. As the transformation unfolds Government will do some kind of protectionism if UBI is not possible. Potentially jobs could stay because of government protectionism not because of technological in capacity. But this government protectionism cannot hold for long because corporates will find a way to force the government for UBI. UBI is nothing full blown welfare, if UBI is not in the picture who is going to buy the products if people has no money. If the production is at a staggering level we need consumers to consume and if consumers has no money the whole purpose of AI benefitting the humanity is just a lip service. I think the technology will continue to grow at a staggering pace but how it will transform the society will be a wait and watch game. Global warming is already threatening the human survival so that is another challenging issue. if AI can actually help to reduce global warming by finding a solution or taking up the jobs and create less carbon print and helps in UBI for all then this will be like true heaven on earth.
By @Molitor5901 - 4 months
"Some creative jobs maybe will go away," Murati said in an interview at The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth University last month, as quoted by Fortune. "But maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place."

Why should the jobs have not been there in the first place? If someone is willing to pay another person to perform a job, so be it. It's their money. To say it maybe shouldn't have existed in the first place seems.. narrow minded.

By @ein0p - 4 months
Watch videos with OpenAI execs without sound. It’s quite obvious they’re making up their outlandish claims as they go along. It makes me kind of worried actually that there’s not much more gas in their particular tank and the whole “transformers can do everything” thing is reaching a plateau.
By @darthrupert - 4 months
This might seem like a childish retort, but I genuinely think that the job of CEO should definitely be given to AIs. I mean, it's both the most expensive and most risky job of them all, and there's nothing a CEO does that even the current LLMs couldn't handle.

The ROI should be fairly high.