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Artificial Superintelligence: Transforming Creativity And Jobs
Elon Musk's recent prediction was as bold as it was unnerving
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Mark Minevich
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18 October 2024
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Elon Musk's recent prediction was as bold as it was unnerving: “AI can now write a better essay than 90% of all humans. By the end of next year, you’ll be able to ask AI to make a short movie.” These remarks signal a technological leap that’s awe-inspiring but unsettling to some. As AI evolves toward artificial superintelligence, capable of performing any intellectual task a human can perform, industries face a challenging question: What does this mean for the future of human creativity and intelligence?
Since time began, creativity has been a product of human intelligence, emotions, and life experiences. AI is rapidly nearing the capability of creativity. With tools already generating art, music, marketing campaigns, and screenplays, the question isn’t just whether machines can create but whether they can surpass human output. Businesses and industries must adapt to this evolving landscape.
Are we close to a time when AI will produce content independently, with minimal human input? Is it years or decades away? While the timeline for AI reaching human-level creativity remains debated, with figures like Professor Yann LeCun suggesting we’re years away, the immediate progress AI is making in creative fields is undeniable. Professor Yann LeCun stated it will take several years, if not a decade, and that AI stands no chance of easily surpassing human-level intelligence and posing a danger to humanity-claims he brands as "complete B.S."
Future of Jobs
Others, however, are bullish on artificial superintelligence and its imminent emergence and worldwide disruption of the job market. According to WEF, predictions of jobs that will be replaced or affected by AI go as high as 40%. The number may not be that high, but it will be high. Businesses must start to rethink how they collaborate with technology.
A recent report by McKinsey estimates that up to 30% of the global workforce could be automated by 2030, with some industries more affected than others.
Instead of replacing their current workforce, companies can re-skill and move those affected into roles that involve directing AI output. This will begin the movement of combining technology with human creativity and ingenuity.
Societal and Economic Impacts
Integrating artificial superintelligence will transform the job market, automating roles that involve routine cognitive or manual tasks. The demand for customer service agents will shrink with the rise of Agentic AI, a type of AI that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, as will that of telemarketers.
The field of data entry stands to be decimated. Where will all of these people move? Every AI visionary and leader says something to the effect that “AI will free people to be more creative.” But, how many enterprises will look at the potential savings of cutting labor costs by up to 40% and instead think, “I should just pay them all to be creative and not add that 40% to our profit line.” We must be realistic and start immediately to create realistic solutions to a possible job market collapse.