Mark Cuban Says AI Will Probably Never Learn These Two Skills
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving into nearly every corner of the economy, but billionaire Mark Cuban believes there are still some things machines can’t replicate.
While AI may be able to displace some jobs, Cuban argues that AI models might not be able to react in real-time or sense their surroundings.
"Models don’t know the consequences of their actions. People know what will get them fired. Models suffer from information latency," Cuban tweeted.
AI Can Crunch Data, But It Still Can’t ‘Read the Room’
Cuban also said that people understand what’s going on right in front of them, where AI doesn’t have that ability yet.
"2 skills AI won’t have for a long, long, long time. If ever. 2 skills that are invaluable to every business decision. How often in business do you need to ‘read the room’ and make a decision?"
Cuban said if AI productivity could be added to the real-time capacity and judgment of humans, it would be "the greatest return on both investments."
"The challenge is management understanding how to leverage the combination, and forgetting the original expectation that AI and white collar workers are mutually exclusive. They are not Done right , the combo is a business propellant and competitive advantage."
Human Advantage
Cuban’s post came in response to a post from Box CEO Aaron Levie. In the post, Levie said that it’s being found that jobs are less negatively impacted by AI than expected.
"The reason for this is that AI — at least so far — still requires people to operate to produce value in most cases," Levie said.
Levie said most jobs can’t yet be fully automated with AI.
"And when you automate specific tasks, you actually can get even more output from those jobs, raising the demand in many cases."
While AI could take many jobs in the future, the comments from Levie and Cuban show that some human qualities can outpace AI currently and the emerging tech may not be fully automated enough to take over everything.
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