If the ancient Greeks had AI, they’d still be the ancient Greeks. Same for us. If all the tasks that made ancient Greece tick were automated — from churning out chariots to crafting ceramic vases — it wouldn’t transform the place into Singapore. The Mediterranean civilization would still be that of a few thousand years ago, not a modern Southeast Asian nation whose first prime minister rated the advent of the air conditioner as an epochal event.
Automation has, in many instances, replaced human labor, but tends not to bring forward new inventions. Much as it has benefited society and […]
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