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What AI Can't Do Faster, Better, or Cheaper Than Humans

The real world isn't digital, and it's unforgiving.

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Charles Hugh Smith
Jun 02, 2025
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Since generative AI is adept at manipulating digital text, voice and images, many assume this automatically infers it will be adept at the entirety of human endeavor and work. But this is false logic. The same false logic leads many to assume that since a humanoid robot can jump over boxes and a specialized robot can lay flooring tiles in a giant wareho…

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