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Ross Douthat

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

technology in the hands of authoritarian leaders leads to concentrations of power and so on.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

But just briefly, what is the optimistic case for why AI is good for democracy?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

Giant swarms of AI-powered drones.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

Which we need to be careful about.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

So that's good.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

That's a very positive vision.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

We're leading longer lives, healthier lives.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

We're richer than ever before.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

All of this is happening in a compressed period of time where you're getting a century of economic growth in 10 years.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

And we have increased liberty around the world and equality at home.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

even in the best case scenario, it's incredibly disruptive, right?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

And this is where the lines that you've been quoted saying 50% of white-collar jobs get disrupted or 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs and so on.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

So on a five-year time horizon or a two-year time horizon, whatever time horizon you have, what jobs, what professions are most vulnerable to total AI disruption?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

And so... This is where the term centaur...

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Is Claude Coding Us Into Irrelevance?

It's used, right?