AI and the True Devil in the Details
“Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says the AI wave is here and will change every job,” Morning Brew reported and thanks, but now tell us something we didn’t know. “The world’s largest retailer currently employs about 2.1 million workers globally, and it plans to maintain that head count for the next three years, while still growing revenue. McMillon told the Associated Press it’s hard to say how it will all play out, but corporate jobs will likely get hit first, and roles dealing directly with customers will change more gradually. A recent survey from BetterUp and Stanford found that 40% of US workers reported receiving AI-generated “workslop” over the past month, which can require extra human work to fix.
Peter Theil had a lot to say about AI lately, too, when he was asked to “comment on theology, history, literature, and politics of the Antichrist,” according to a description provided by ActS 17 Collective, the nonprofit sponsoring an off-the-record series at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco,” said Inc.
ACTS 17, is an acronym for “Acknowledging Christ in Technology and Society,” according to the Wall Street Journal.