Domingos: AI won't end knowledge work, it will raise our standards like vacuum cleaners did
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-28
Pedro Domingos offers an analogy for AI's impact on knowledge work: vacuum cleaners didn't end housework, they just raised our standards of cleanliness dramatically. Likewise, AI will raise our standards of intelligence rather than eliminate thinking work — which he considers a good thing.
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