I was writing about something similar about 20 years ago (not that anyone read it), not in the context of AI but recommendation algorithms. Even before current generation of “AI” people were relying on algorithms more and more to decide what movie to watch, what music listen to, where to go on holiday, what to eat, what to buy, whom to date. I was imagining those algorithms and optimizations slowly taking over and making decisions automatically for people. “The algorithm” would automatically apply for a new job for you, rent you a new apartment, book your holidays and people would just trust that those are in fact the best decisions for them. It looks like with AI we’ve taken another step in that direction.
I was writing about something similar about 20 years ago (not that anyone read it), not in the context of AI but recommendation algorithms. Even before current generation of “AI” people were relying on algorithms more and more to decide what movie to watch, what music listen to, where to go on holiday, what to eat, what to buy, whom to date. I was imagining those algorithms and optimizations slowly taking over and making decisions automatically for people. “The algorithm” would automatically apply for a new job for you, rent you a new apartment, book your holidays and people would just trust that those are in fact the best decisions for them. It looks like with AI we’ve taken another step in that direction.