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probably because AI is awful at coding anything complex but the social and communication skills these companies value so hard are actually easily done by AI. The social elite are far more replaceable by text. What a world we live in.


Coding (in the strictest sense) is a far easier and more tractable problem than anything that involves social skills.


not true at all


> but the social and communication skills these companies value so hard are actually easily done by AI

Can you expand this premise?

It invalidates not just managers, but therapy, virtually any social function.


> It invalidates not just managers, but therapy, virtually any social function.

It doesn't, because it can't replace authenticity. That is, unless you never realize you're talking with an AI.

But if the human connection doesn't matter for you in a given context, then yes, GPT-4 can already compete with therapy, as well as with many social functions.


Wasn't an "AI" "therapist" the very first chat bot?




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