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A History of the Future, 2030-2040 - No Set Gauge

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A scenario, part 3.

The Great Day of His Wrath. (John Martin) (Part 1 here, part 2 here) By the late 2020s, office jobs in developed countries are now basically about overseeing and providing direction to AI systems, and the last part of that is mostly on-paper rather than in practice. There is lots of talk about values and missions and the future, and a lot of unspoken communication about office politics and status. Many office workers don’t do much at all. Concretely, they might get to work, have a team standup, check in on how the AIs are doing, have some ritualistic meetings with their manager and any…

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