2025-05-23
Is A I all it's cracked up to be?
Certainly Martin Geddes believes it to be very useful in making sense of legal issues, where exhaustive searches of legal precedent (or even merely of the Statute Book!) are beyond the reach of most.
And yet ... on the other side, there are those who believe that an AI that eliminates the need for people to work in their traditional employment may not be in the interests of the population at large.
The Luddites thought similarly when factories introduced automation to handle jobs previously undertaken by humans, but if they had had their way, modern man would look and live much like pre-automation man and the labour-saving technology that today we take for granted would be unknown. Who now would willingly give up the plumbed-in washing machine for a tin tub and washboard?
Which is not to assert that automation at any price is invariably to be welcomed!
Clearly there are balances to be struck, nuances to be respected, and introduction of the new should be done in a way that optimises benefits whilst minimising losses and disruption.
Neil Oliver discusses the issue, with particular regard to the protection of copyrights - not to mention the rule of law and the conduct of government.
Clearly there is work to be done.
(14 minutes)
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