Artificial intelligence continues to transform the labor market, but less by abruptly eliminating jobs than by reshaping their contours. In a recent post on X, Boris Cherny, the creator of **Claude Code** at Anthropic, describes his vision of future professional archetypes that would gradually replace traditional jobs. At least for the **Tech** sector, this transformation is already underway.
The **New York Times** launched lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement in December 2023. As the trial has been ongoing for nearly three years, a new document shows that the AI giants are well aware of the damage caused by their chatbots. Microsoft uses the term "doom loops," infernal spirals where the functionality itself offered by AI destroys the sources on which it depends. According to Microsoft, AI would be caught in an infernal self-destructive spiral.
"Our AI content strategy has triggered a 'doom loop' that will harm both the performance of our models and the entire Web," the text states, citing a Microsoft document. "It is extremely unusual for a final product to threaten the economic foundations of its essential suppliers, but this is the situation we have created for our LLM activity in relation to its 'content supply chain.'"
The legal document cites Microsoft again, which acknowledges "a staggering theft of unprecedented magnitude" and "the largest theft of work in human history," as well as that "almost none of this content was obtained with the knowledge or consent of their owners."
A new paper on AI and copyright, authored by Tuhin Chakrabarty, highlights the prevalence of AI-generated content. According to the study, one in five self-published books sold on Amazon has been generated by AI. Even Hollywood is increasingly using AI at all levels. If human-produced works are replaced by generated content, what will companies like Microsoft and OpenAI be able to use for training their AI? This could lead to a degeneration, potentially going as far as the collapse of the models.
Those working in creative professions are already affected. According to a new study, the "creative industries" have lost more than 200,000 jobs in the United States over the past four years. However, other sectors could soon be affected, and young graduates would be the first to be impacted. If AI steals human work, there may no longer be enough consumers to buy the services it produces.
Artificial intelligence thus finds itself in a vicious circle that, according to Microsoft, threatens the very future of AI. Are we facing a tipping point where, if we cannot contain AI, we will have to reinvent a society that no longer relies on work?
AI's Impact on Labor and Content Creation Sparks Legal and Ethical Concerns
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