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Their wordsWe’re mining for productivity the way we were mining bitcoin a few years ago, and it never, ever feels like enough.
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Efficiency gains and cost savings are the floor of a technology’s impact, not the point of it.
Their wordsThe tech industry measures impact in efficiency gains and cost savings. Those things matter, but they’re the floor.
Their wordsThere’s a version of the AI-driven future where everyone works alone in a room, talking to their computer, hyper-optimized and completely isolated. I think it’s the wrong one.
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