Lovers & Haters: AI Believers vs. AI Skeptics

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AI for Career Success

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AI for Career Success is a weekly podcast from senior technical writer Curt Robbins that explores the role of artificial intelligence in our jobs, careers, and personal lives. This podcast investigates many important topics related to AI, including job security, national defense, ethics and bias, technical underpinnings, consumer behavior, marketing and sales, entertainment, and healthcare. The AI for Career Success podcast helps modern professionals understand and embrace AI for a wide range of goals, with a focus on career advancement, getting ahead, and not being left behind.

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Lovers & Haters: AI Believers vs. AI Skeptics

AI for Career Success

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1 month ago

Lovers & Haters: AI Believers vs. AI Skeptics

Welcome to episode 108 of the AI for Technical Writers podcast from Curt Robbins. This educational content is designed to give IT professionals and technical writers a competitive edge.

This episode reviews a recent article by Curt Robbins entitled "Lovers & Haters: AI Believers vs. AI Skeptics" that was published on LinkedIn on October 19.

The article presents a balanced overview of the intense debate surrounding artificial intelligence by categorizing prominent figures into two distinct camps: AI Optimists and AI Skeptics.

The optimists, including CEOs like Sam Altman and Larry Ellison, focus on AI's potential to solve global problems and dramatically increase human productivity, often viewing it as an "intelligence augmenter."

Conversely, the skeptics, such as philosopher Nick Bostrom and "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton, emphasize the existential risks, ethical concerns, and potential societal dangers posed by unaligned superintelligence.

Robbins uses this framework to introduce the central figures and their key arguments regarding the future impact of AI on humanity.

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"It will not be AI that takes away the job of a technical writer, but rather another technical writer with deep AI skills," said Robbins.

I am currently taking on new clients. I enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact me to learn about my reasonable rates and fast turnaround. — Curt

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>> View the original Robbins article: https://tinyurl.com/ynpxbpkc

>> Read the Robbins article "Yale Study: Impact of AI on the Job Market": https://tinyurl.com/f3cuvvxn

>> Read the Robbins article "Why Large Language Models are Changing the World": https://tinyurl.com/bdfv63ca

>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z

>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk

>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d

>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td

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