The earliest artificial intelligence program was written way back in 1951. But outside of science fiction, AI didn’t enter the mainstream conversation until decades later. At Fast Company, we’ve been covering AI tech for many years, but nothing has compared to the excitement and fear that Open AI and its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has caused since it launched this past November. These new AI tools can feel at turns like a novelty (using ChatGPT to write love letters) and a harbinger of doom (replacing all manner of jobs previously thought of as specialized skills).
We’ve seen the panicked headlines about robots taking our jobs for years. How disruptive is AI? How can we use it to our advantage? And is there anything we, as regular humans, can do to not only keep our jobs but hold on to our humanity?
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