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by @studiosvensauer & @schnellebuntebilder
The clock displays in real time how many human jobs around the world are being replaced by AI right now.
Fear is a silent autopilot in all of us. What do fears look like in times like these? Where do they come from, and how do they reshape our everyday lives without us noticing?
A new form of fear took hold in 2023, when AI suddenly became visible. A US Senate report predicts that almost 100 million US jobs could disappear within the next ten years. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared that every profession would be affected. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei put it this way: AI is not a replacement for individual tasks, but a “general substitute for human labor”.
Dissenting voices barely make it through the noise: Nobel laureate in economics Philippe Aghion and his team paint a far less bleak picture. AI will change the world fundamentally. But there is no solid data showing that hundreds of millions of jobs will disappear. Just as the computer did not destroy millions of jobs.
So who benefits? Suresh Naidu of Columbia University: to justify a stock market valuation in the hundreds of billions, it is enough to create the impression that you own something capable of “devouring all the work on this planet”. Huang adds: “You’re not going to lose your job to AI, but to someone who uses it.” That is not reassurance. It is a threat with a built-in solution.
This is known as “substitution positioning”: AI companies deliberately use our fear of being replaced as a marketing tool.
In May of this year, Sam Altman admitted that he had been wrong. He had expected far more jobs to disappear. So why doesn’t the fear go away?
The companies investing billions in AI also control our communication channels: Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn. Tech companies benefit when the topic stays dramatic.
The figures on the clock are based on calculations by Claude and ChatGPT.
Clips by @frank_sauer
#SCHNELLEBUNTEBILDER #STUDIOSVENSAUER #HIMMELUNTERBERLIN
This installation is part of @himmelunterberlin
The exhibition has been extended until November 15, with a closing weekend on November 14 and 15.
by @studiosvensauer & @schnellebuntebilder
The clock displays in real time how many human jobs around the world are being replaced by AI right now.
Fear is a silent autopilot in all of us. What do fears look like in times like these? Where do they come from, and how do they reshape our everyday lives without us noticing?
A new form of fear took hold in 2023, when AI suddenly became visible. A US Senate report predicts that almost 100 million US jobs could disappear within the next ten years. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared that every profession would be affected. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei put it this way: AI is not a replacement for individual tasks, but a “general substitute for human labor”.
Dissenting voices barely make it through the noise: Nobel laureate in economics Philippe Aghion and his team paint a far less bleak picture. AI will change the world fundamentally. But there is no solid data showing that hundreds of millions of jobs will disappear. Just as the computer did not destroy millions of jobs.
So who benefits? Suresh Naidu of Columbia University: to justify a stock market valuation in the hundreds of billions, it is enough to create the impression that you own something capable of “devouring all the work on this planet”. Huang adds: “You’re not going to lose your job to AI, but to someone who uses it.” That is not reassurance. It is a threat with a built-in solution.
This is known as “substitution positioning”: AI companies deliberately use our fear of being replaced as a marketing tool.
In May of this year, Sam Altman admitted that he had been wrong. He had expected far more jobs to disappear. So why doesn’t the fear go away?
The companies investing billions in AI also control our communication channels: Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn. Tech companies benefit when the topic stays dramatic.
The figures on the clock are based on calculations by Claude and ChatGPT.
Clips by @frank_sauer
#SCHNELLEBUNTEBILDER #STUDIOSVENSAUER #HIMMELUNTERBERLIN
This installation is part of @himmelunterberlin
The exhibition has been extended until November 15, with a closing weekend on November 14 and 15.
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