When AI takes over work you spent a decade mastering, your output might increase but you feel less productive because you're not doing it anymore. The real problem: how do we redesign jobs and incentives so skilled people still feel valued and keep their sense of identity.
When I talk to real people, sometimes people say, you know what, my output is up, but I don't feel as good. I actually feel less productive. How could that be? Well, it's because you didn't actually do the thing. So I think sometimes that's— it's very complicated. Human minds are very complicated. And how do you design incentives then to make sure people still feel good about their skills, to still have a purpose, even if they're using AI to do what they used to do? Even if they're using AI to do what they spend 10+ years getting expertise in? What does that mean for their identity? Like, and these are very real problems that we face now, and it's not philosophical, even though it sounds like it is.
