From steam power and electricity to computers and the internet, technological advancements have always disrupted labor markets, pushing out some careers while creating others. Artificial intelligence remains something of a misnomer the smartest computer systems still dont actually know anything but the technology has reached an inflection point where its poised to affect new classes of jobs: artists and knowledge workers. Specifically, the emergence of large language models AI systems that are trained on vast amounts of text means computers can now produce human-sounding written language and convert descriptive phrases into realistic images. The Conversation asked…
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