Editorial: Wer bin ich, wenn KI meinen Job übernimmt?
Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk prophezeit, in fünf Jahren werde es nichts geben, „was die KI nicht besser kann als Menschen“. Außer vielleicht: ein Mensch zu sein. Damit liegt er falsch – und richtig.
The topic of our epoch is Artificial Intelligence, which is penetrating every aspect of our lives, transforming the economy and the world of work. This list could be endless, yet the epochal significance of this technology remains largely unexplored. I ponder now, already in the quiet moments of my daily news routine: Who am I if AI takes over my job?
This question lingers in my mind amidst the advances I have made over the past years. Elon Musk of Tech-Milliardaire Elon Musk warns in the "Economist" podcast "The Insider" that AI will soon be smarter than the collective human intelligence, an assertion that sounds like hubris or a desire for one's own downfall. No doubt, such statements bring discomfort.
AI, according to a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), primarily affects office workers: those involved in software development, accounting, marketing, and even journalism. And it targets middle management executives as well, although the current downsizing in German companies is driven more by cost pressures than by AI. The emphasis is on "yet," as our weekend title highlights.
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