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We saw what automation did to assembly lines. In the professional sector where making money is the goal...? A publisher can sell a book without paying an author? Shit. Voice actors are already starting to wage the battle of companies wanting to use their voices. Drones are taking delivery jobs. I'm not preaching the appocalypse here, but there's always a chance that's the paradigm we see.

Businesses are always about streamlining, simplifying, and cutting cost. And humans will pick the lazy, easy way, damn near at any cost, out of convenience. Nannies, Maids, and landscapers wouldn't exist otherwise. If you owned a publishing company and on top of employees that run printing and distribution, there's editors, office staff, and many authors to manage. If you could just keep neccessary staff, and have the editors plug shit into ChatGTP, maybe have a system learn from the top earners books. That could save thousands. Given the state of bookstores, possibly only do online sells, and stop printing outside of print on demand, about half of distribution could be cut. Here's a human with less work to deal with, and making more money.

Is AI a means to an end? All I can say is history can provide some answers or something. With all we do in the name of progress.

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