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Automating Call Centers: Will 50% of Jobs Disappear?
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It’s a little too soft to resolve properly. Maybe one example. Pick something everyone thinks is surely easy to automate yesterday, eg call centers. Number of employees across the 5 biggest call center companies falls by 50% by year X.
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Policy argument form factors designed for viral spread
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… a really interesting form factor for policy arguments (or other ideas) designed to spread.
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Peak Bot: Rise of Automated Accounts Online
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There are more bots on here now than ever. It’s peak bot.
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US Liberation Day: Technology and Common Sense Debate
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Liberation Day: The day the U.S. liberated itself from common sense.
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AI Disrupts Magazine Design Industry in Seconds
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Magazine setters are cooked, AI made this in 31 seconds. Now what?
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End of Human Work Is Coming and That Is Good News
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Nous allons vivre la fin du travail humain.
— Stephane Mallard (@StephaneMallard) 2 avril 2025
C'est une excellente nouvelle.
Préparons une société post travail humain. https://t.co/Z4o8ZRtU0pNous allons vivre la fin du travail humain.
C'est une excellente nouvelle.
Préparons une société post travail humain. -
Boss Refuses Bilingual Vendor Call Request at Tech Company
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Approximately: Me: Boss can you take a call with $VENDOR.
Boss: Why.
Me: He is exacerbated he needs to talk to me.
Boss: What’s his problem.
Me: I think he would prefer someone who speaks Japanese with less of an accent.
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Artists: private understanding, but anti-AI extremists on X
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Actually, the thing is that when I talk to artists one-on-one, we understand each other well and it's cool. But the problem is that on X, there are so many anti-AI extremists that they can't hear you if you have a measured opinion. Unfortunately, and I am the
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Florida Police Show Racial Bias in Speeding Citations Data
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When whites and minorities drive at identical speeds (according to objectively measured data from Lyft) Florida police are 24-33% more likely to issue speeding citations to minority drivers and charge them 23-34% greater fines. These are not small effects!