I tried using AI. It scared me.
Tom Scott · 4 HN recommendations
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Tom Scott describes trying ChatGPT to fix his Gmail labels and being unsettled by how capable it was. He argues that we cannot know where we are on the technology curve, comparing it to Napster.
Why HN recommends it: HN cites it for the argument that we cannot tell whether AI is early or late on its sigmoid curve until hindsight.
“Tom Scott's video[0] makes a very good argument: we don't know where we are on the technology curve.” Read on HN ↗