If he has an iPhone, there’s no need to download it. It’s already there.

That said, he has some good points.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), we won’t be able to “opt out,” forever. At some point, ML is bound to become endemic.

It’s like those stupid scan-guns that supermarkets in my area are starting to ask customers to use. They are scan guns that you pick up, as you go in, and scan each purchase. When you check out, you just scan a barcode on the cashier stand, and Bjorn Stronginthearm’s your uncle.

I refuse to use them, as the only reason they exist, is to fire cashiers.

Sooner or later, however, I am unlikely to be able to avoid them.

This reminds me of when the bus company of my hometown transitioned to having a driver + cashier to only having a driver that takes cash. Half of the workforce just gone overnight. Of course the writing was on the wall with electronic ticketing, but still.

It makes me feel I'm part of a "First They Came" situation.

Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes said almost a century ago that as technology advanced people would have to do less work. I think if AI lives up to the hype it could be a tremendous boon for everyone if we can restructure our societies to take advantage.

Can someone explain this part? It's not something I can relate to at all. Maybe because I'm not from the US?