Human Wit vs. Artificial Intelligence

摘要

Long ago, while working as an editor of a business-to-business agricultural magazine, I helped create its 100th anniversary issue. After leafing through issues dating back to the late 1800s, I gained a better appreciation of the huge technological changes that had transformed daily life. Alongside articles extolling the efficiencies of steam-powered tractors were ads for everyday consumer goods - from soap to canning jars. Consumer ads were in the agricultural trade magazine because in the late 1800s, more than 70% of the U.S. population was employed in agriculture. That number has dropped to less than 2% as industrialization and mechanization increased agricultural labor efficiency 27-fold.