A Workaphile’s Apology
Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this essay—all em dashes are mine1. Soon after the AlexNet breakthrough burst onto the scene over a decade ago, I became preoccupied with the followi…
Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this essay—all em dashes are mine1. Soon after the AlexNet breakthrough burst onto the scene over a decade ago, I became preoccupied with the following question: What will a meaningful human life look like when thinking is best done by machines? Versions of this question are now frequently discussed in the mainstream2. I have yet to, however, come across a satisfactory answer that is applicable to a particular kind of person (more on this shortly). My own wranglings with the question were fruitless for the longest time but during the last…
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