The story about MJ taking the creative part of the artist’s job is probably the least important in the big picture, but that probably makes it easier to think about it. As I see it, there is greater efficiency—MJ can do quickly what would take a human days—but also less control—from the perspective of the user, MJ is a black box. What if for 999 prompts it generates nice pictures, and then suddenly for 1 prompt it does not. Other than trying to rephrase the prompt, there is not much you could do about it, right?
Perhaps there will be jobs for “filling the gaps in AI capabilities”? Such as, to paint a picture for that 1 prompt that MJ for some weird reason fails at. But as this happens rarely, much fewer people would be needed for these positions; and with the next versions of AI, the job market would keep shrinking.
It will also be interesting when the society is ruled by the AIs and people try to exploit their quirks. Like, if you put “SolidGoldMagikarp” in your company name, the government may stop collecting taxes from you. Or imagine military camouflage that wouldn’t fool a human for a second, but will convince the AI that your missile is actually a kitten.
The story about MJ taking the creative part of the artist’s job is probably the least important in the big picture, but that probably makes it easier to think about it. As I see it, there is greater efficiency—MJ can do quickly what would take a human days—but also less control—from the perspective of the user, MJ is a black box. What if for 999 prompts it generates nice pictures, and then suddenly for 1 prompt it does not. Other than trying to rephrase the prompt, there is not much you could do about it, right?
Perhaps there will be jobs for “filling the gaps in AI capabilities”? Such as, to paint a picture for that 1 prompt that MJ for some weird reason fails at. But as this happens rarely, much fewer people would be needed for these positions; and with the next versions of AI, the job market would keep shrinking.
It will also be interesting when the society is ruled by the AIs and people try to exploit their quirks. Like, if you put “SolidGoldMagikarp” in your company name, the government may stop collecting taxes from you. Or imagine military camouflage that wouldn’t fool a human for a second, but will convince the AI that your missile is actually a kitten.