A random thought on AI and white collar jobs:
If your job is *answering questions* then AI is quite a risk.
If your job is *asking questions* then you are fine.
16.02.2026 13:33
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A random thought on AI and white collar jobs:
If your job is *answering questions* then AI is quite a risk.
If your job is *asking questions* then you are fine.
Go to the source… 😉
Here’s the video of Stuart Russell’s DLD talk with Kenneth Cukier:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUW...
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www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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General Ripper from Dr. Strangelove on the telephone with a concerned look
They plagiarized our trillion dollar plagiarism machine!?
Panic!
“If the only way you can sell something is by hoping people won’t notice or won’t bother to object or won’t take the trouble to find out how to get rid of it, what you have isn’t a product: it’s a parasite.”
— Sam Leith
When an employer hates their employees.
Don’t feed me
OK. Ready to share as much as I can about AI and industry with the students of Manchester Metropolitan University this morning.
Deep breath.
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Bright, bright moon tonight.
Bright, bright moon tonight.
Now I’m wondering if a photo looking like AI made it is a compliment or a sign that I over-processed it 🤣
Nope.
Which aisle do you get those in?
I wouldn’t
Simon Willison found 211 different definitions of "AI agent" on X:
"I find the term “agents” extremely frustrating. It lacks a single, clear and widely understood meaning... but the people who use the term never seem to acknowledge that."
simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...
Let's play "First Day Back, Completely Overwhelmed!"
1. Fire up ChatGPT-4o or equivalent secure, private AI.
2. Enter the attached prompt (with your job title).
3. Follow instructions.
4. Remember what your job is.
You're welcome.
Hear hear.
Two images of Philomena Cunk, both with subtitles beneath. Image 1: Since light travels faster than sound… Image 2: People may appear bright until you hear them speak
FACT
