Turing Award Winner David Patterson: Superintelligence Will Replace Plumbers and All Jobs
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-10-29
Turing Award winner David Patterson argues "intelligence is labor": against the common claim that plumbers won't be automated, he says superintelligence will do every job — including physical ones — better than humans, since understanding the task is the real work and turning a wrench requires little intelligence.
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