> I don't get these articles. First the author claims that AI made us more productive but now the time we saved is spent on more work (!)
Well, that is a general phenomenon of technology. Technology does indeed often save time at first (in the short-term) but then compensates in a bad way and gives us more work in the long term. Pretty much every technology past a certain point of sophistication does this:
- Smartphones immediately can help us organize stuff, but then they also make it easier for people to call you when you don't want, you get more spam, etc.
- Cars make it easier to get from A to B but then in the long run now we have to spend countless years of work to clean up the climate/environemtn
- Computers make typing and storing information more efficient but now we have to spend countless hours on securing them
The bottom line is that efficiency increases from a technological creation point of view but life simplicity decreases, in general.
Well, that is a general phenomenon of technology. Technology does indeed often save time at first (in the short-term) but then compensates in a bad way and gives us more work in the long term. Pretty much every technology past a certain point of sophistication does this:
- Smartphones immediately can help us organize stuff, but then they also make it easier for people to call you when you don't want, you get more spam, etc.
- Cars make it easier to get from A to B but then in the long run now we have to spend countless years of work to clean up the climate/environemtn
- Computers make typing and storing information more efficient but now we have to spend countless hours on securing them
The bottom line is that efficiency increases from a technological creation point of view but life simplicity decreases, in general.