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How Three AI Researchers Decided to Eliminate Every Job on Earth
- Former AI researchers from Epoch AI have left to start a company, Mechanize, to eliminate human labor quickly.
- Mechanize aims to fully automate the economy using virtual work environments and training data.
- The company claims this automation will lead to explosive economic growth, but workers across industries are already being displaced.
- Their vision of automating every sector of the economy is already impacting various professions rapidly.
- Mechanize's founders underwent an ideological transformation from caution to dismissal of AI risks and automation concerns.
- They aim to replace humans with AI agents in various fields, showing disregard for human displacement concerns.
- The company's focus on complete automation neglects the economic repercussions for displaced workers.
- Mechanize's approach to automation prioritizes speed over thoughtful implementation, potentially causing social disruption.
- Their vision threatens to eliminate human agency, creativity, and meaningful contribution from economic activities.
- The accelerated automation being pursued by companies like Mechanize poses a significant threat to human employment and societal welfare.
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