Ask HN: Will Humans Become Useless?

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We are seeing a shift in the emergence of new tools towards humans and agents so that the product can be used by these two. It is likely that the next generation of tools will only be used by agents, and humans will only be consumers, not producers. So what will be human use?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50422486

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