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I'm just sitting back for the ride and seeing what plays out, but LLM-driven automation targets knowledge work, not physical labor (yet at least). Unlike past industrial shifts, this wave threatens entire job categories at once — journalism, translation, legal research, customer support, basic design jobs etc. It's a pretty big list. There will still be jobs in these fields, just way fewer.
Plus physical tools didn’t centralize power, but LLMs might - whoever controls the models controls knowledge access.
Also, these models are early days, they are going to get better and at some point be able to do all kinds of other things and admin tasks i think
Fact, this era feels bigger than past ones. AI isn’t just changing jobs, it’s centralizing power too, which might be the bigger risk in the long run.
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It doesn't have to centralize power. We can use our own specific and fine-tuned LLMs, instead of using the commercial offerings.
Thanks to a very vibrant open source community, this is possible today. Of course there is more friction in setting up your own stuff, but it's not that hard. In the end, sovereign compute can enable you to do whatever you want, free of control.
I just stumbled upon a simple guide for running GPT-OSS (20b) #1140405 so I posted this for everyone to enjoy.
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