Artificial Labor
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 3 can’t be checked. 2 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“And I think that this is what’s truly powering executive excitement over artificial intelligence – the idea that workers can eventually be removed from the equation entirely.”
Our reading: Zitron thinks that what is truly powering executive excitement over AI is the idea that workers can eventually be removed from the equation entirely.
No horizon
Qualifier: I think
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“While a human being may have to make the burger (for now), I believe the fast food industry’s eventual goal is to make human beings a conveyance rather than anything approaching customer service.”
Our reading: Zitron believes the fast food industry's eventual goal is to make human beings a conveyance rather than anything approaching customer service, even if a human may have to make the burger for now.
No horizon
Qualifier: I believe
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“While I’m not suggesting that every company will follow this model, this feels like an inevitable consequence of artificial intelligence adoption.”
Our reading: It feels like an inevitable consequence of AI adoption that companies will follow the model of offering little meaningful customer support, though he does not suggest every company will follow it.
No horizon
Qualifier: this feels like
Held from this post (2)
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