Ross Douthat
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technology in the hands of authoritarian leaders leads to concentrations of power and so on.
But just briefly, what is the optimistic case for why AI is good for democracy?
Right.
Giant swarms of AI-powered drones.
Which we need to be careful about.
Right.
Yeah.
Good.
So that's good.
That's a very positive vision.
We're leading longer lives, healthier lives.
We're richer than ever before.
All of this is happening in a compressed period of time where you're getting a century of economic growth in 10 years.
And we have increased liberty around the world and equality at home.
Okay.
even in the best case scenario, it's incredibly disruptive, right?
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.
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?
And so... This is where the term centaur...
It's used, right?