Let's talk about real life paperclip maximisers - and the rise of "HustleGPT" culture - aka the emergence of autonomous enterprises, or companies consisting of one guy + an AI chat bot.
Do you admire the hustle?
Is truly "passive income" ever going to be a thing? In the future will we all have our own autonomous side hustle? (Have you tried one yourself? - If you have, tell me about it!)
When will we see the first unicorn company with just one employee - the founder?
Or is all this too good to be true - are these autonomous endeavours just elaborate mechanical Turks, hiding hidden human labour?
Read more:
Meet the real-life paper clip maximisers : https://medium.com/seeds-for-the-future/hustle-gpt-your-ai-cofounder-ceo-a6fa507ce0fb
And their mechanical turks : https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1647665076021673985
The tweet that started it all : https://mashable.com/article/gpt-4-hustlegpt-ai-blueprint-money-making-scheme
Blast from the past : https://www.fluxtrends.com/automated-commerce/
(And more from me on paperclip minimisers : https://whatthefuturenow.com/2020/11/06/paperclip-minimiser-dystopia/ )
Paper clip maximisers everywhere