AI is not a normal technology

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Questions like ‘is AI conscious? ’ or ‘does AI have aligned goals / motivations? ’ or ‘is AI violating copyright? ’ These are all maybe important questions, but they are not what makes AI potentially unique as a technology, different from every other technology that came before it. Either the AI does not end up creating new jobs, in which case the AI does all the jobs. AI writing is often pretty bad, full of jargon and ai tics.

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