@GergelyOrosz: If you work in tech, you will want to read the ~40-page short novel Profession by Isaac Asimov, from 1957. An unusually…
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Gergely Orosz recommends Isaac Asimov's 1957 short story 'Profession', noting how it eerily foreshadows the AI-driven world and the value of certain professionals in tech.
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If you work in tech, you will want to read the ~40-page short novel Profession by Isaac Asimov, from 1957.
An unusually intelligent youngster decides they want to be a Registered Computer Programmer as demand for that profession is the highest of all. But he gets rejected… and even though the story was written 70 years ago, it’s as if it described the world that could happen with AI, and who the most valuable people of such a world could be.
(thanks @ritakozlov for the recommendation!)
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