Basement Whatever

Their fate [secretaries] is the subject of this essay, and a lens to think through the implications of AI for work with a bit more nuance than “LLMs are a scam” or “white collar work is doomed.” Perhaps those all-or-nothing predictions will turn out to be right! But honestly I doubt it. Instead I think it will be messy, confusing, exciting, strange, unfair and apparently irrational, just like it was last time.
— Read on rowlandmanthorpe.substack.com/p/the-case-of-the-disappearing-secretary

Terrific, intelligent look at potential futures of work with AI. Highly recommend.