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There's little that's "inevitable" about AI
El texto sostiene que la adopción de una tecnología solo es inevitable cuando ofrece una ventaja abrumadora, responde a una necesidad social importante y no puede neutralizarse con cambios relativamente accesibles. Según esos criterios, los LLM no son inevitables: pueden ayudar con tareas de menor valor, pero no superan de forma decisiva el trabajo humano experto ni muestran aumentos de productividad suficientes para forzar su adopción generalizada. El autor compara su uso con el de las armas químicas y plantea que su impacto dependerá de factores sociales, económicos y regulatorios.
The glib response here would be to say that no technology is ever inevitable and that everything is contingent. This has the advantages of being technically true and sounding wise, but unfortunately technologies very much exist that a reasonable person might well label that way. Firearms are a good example of the latter case: once they've been developed, you quite quickly hit the situation where if you want to maintain your independence and safety in a society, you have to either use one or have one used on your behalf: no other options really work.