Get the latest tech news

For the love of God, stop calling your AI a co-worker


Generative AI comes in many forms. Increasingly, though, it’s marketed the same way: with human names and personas that make it feel less like code and

In today’s upside-down economy, where every hire feels like a risk, enterprise startups — manyemerging from the famed accelerator Y Combinator — are pitching AI not as software but as staff. HAL, the onboard computer, begins as a calm, helpful assistant before turning completely homicidal and cutting off the crew’s life support. Last week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs in the next one to five years, pushing unemployment as high as 20%.

Get the Android app

Or read this on TechCrunch

Read more on:

Photo of Love

Love

Photo of worker

worker

Photo of God

God

Related news:

News photo

Meet LoveJack, the dating app designed for users to find love using just five words

News photo

Building my own solar power system

News photo

Young Chinese are turning to AI chatbots for friendship and love. It is not doing anything for the low birth rate