AI · 2h ago
AI Still Can't Replace Skilled Workers After Four Years of Hype
A developer's four-year experiment tracking AI's ability to automate their job finds persistent gaps in complex reasoning and context. Despite rapid advances, AI tools still require significant human oversight for non-trivial tasks. The author argues that claims of imminent job replacement are overblown.
Meridian48 take
The piece offers a grounded counterpoint to AI boosterism, but its single-person sample limits generalizability—though the pattern of moving goalposts is real.
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