I think that the interesting object lesson to be learned here is that when we consider whether AI will replace humans, we can't just consider humans working as individuals, but we also have to consider humans working cooperatively. Indeed, much of what we can do even as individuals depends on a history of cooperative effort. And while an AI might outdo a human working individually at some tasks, it is not going to be a match for collective human effort fror some time (we're talking decades, maybe centuries). Sure, a computer could fly a plane, maybe. But it couldn't design, launch and run an airline. Now the article doesn't discuss this at all, but it's still worth a thought.
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