The big tech companies who are rushing to replace their employees with Altman’s Holy Spirit should be worrying more about plain old computers instead of AI. I’m seeing a trend toward basic errors of the type that computers formerly ELIMINATED, not ENHANCED.
A couple days ago CenturyLink sent me a notice that my service was cancelled. As far as I could tell, the notice was genuine, not an impersonation scam. The service wasn’t cancelled, and the next day they sent an Oops email.
Looking online, the same pattern is common. Many people reported the exact same cancellation and the exact same Oops, over the last few years.
In the other direction, many substackers are receiving congratulations on their HUGE earnings, up in the millions. They know that their real subscription earnings are vastly smaller. Normal computers simply don’t make this kind of error!
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