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points by pj_mukh 1 day ago | 0 comments
Yes, though from legal standpoint, this particular case isn't that interesting because its a religious exemption for religious work, where considering the moral and ethical boundaries is the main job?

But if someone was say, working on housing approvals and refused to use AI because of religious exemptions to do their jobs faster, I would hope any court would strike it down.

[–] Henchman21 1 day ago
Why in your hypothetical is it a good thing to strike down their rights to conform to your worldview?
[–] pj_mukh 1 day ago
My right to housing supersedes their right to work a certain (slower) way? "You can just wait longer" is an unacceptable answer.

It's easy to find egregious corner cases of philosophical workflows where an LLM was inappropriately used to replace thinking, where the whole goal was thinking (which is the case here).

But we know most token use is software development + back office paperwork. A big chunk of it is productivity improvements for things we all need (housing, medical paperwork, insurance etc.), so to me, that's where my argument lies.

[–] harimau777 1 day ago
For most of the things that people really care about, I don't think that the bottleneck is the sort of thing that AI is automating.

The bottleneck for housing is construction and landlords. The bottleneck for medicine is the number of doctors and the inelasticity of demand. The bottleneck for education is the number of teachers. Etc.

[–] pj_mukh 1 day ago
>>"I don't think that the bottleneck is the sort of thing that AI is automating."

This is patently false on multiple levels. One, on a simple level automating paperwork frees up labor for more useful things they can do immediately. Two, the footprint of what AI can do is rapidly growing. Till 2 months ago, no one thought LLM's could command robots, and now voila [1]. Of course these capabilities will plateau somewhere, but it's clear the productivity curve hasn't even been explored yet.

At least in my city, housing is severely restricted by the cost and availability of labor. I want labor to be paid well, but I always want housing to be cheaper, the missing link is productivity.

[1]: https://x.com/ihorbeaver/status/2104646736652447854?s=20