The right historical parallel is the assembly line. It didn’t replace workers. It restructured what they did, removing the overhead of moving parts between stations so each person could focus on the work only they could do. What disappeared was the wasted motion between the valuable work.
AI isn’t the product, context is | HackerNoon
I have to think about whether I agree with this statement. However much of the article – and making the context explicit – is a lot of what I’ve been trying to think through.