> AI replaces codified knowledge – the kind of learning you get from classrooms or textbooks – but struggles with tacit knowledge, the experiential judgement that accumulates over years on the job. This is why seniors are spared and juniors are not. But Oks’ thesis treats this as reassurance: see, humans with deep knowledge still have comparative advantage! I believe this is more of a senior worker’s luxury, and the protection for “seniors” will move up and up the hierarchy over time.
Times change, the ladders you and I climbed to success may not be around in the same forms for our children. That's not new. But will there be any ladders to climb if the bottom rungs are all gone?
Times change, the ladders you and I climbed to success may not be around in the same forms for our children. That's not new. But will there be any ladders to climb if the bottom rungs are all gone?