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White-collar jobs in other industries are also being threatened by technological change, greater investment in AI and retrenchments after pandemic-era hiring sprees.

In short, Vinge predicts that by 2030, humans will be capable of creating a machine with greater than human intelligence, which would then lead to a cascade of technological progress.

Despite the technological advancement, Toothless’ velocity is less convincing than “The NeverEnding Story’s” Falkor the Luck Dragon over four decades ago.

Some argue Socrates was right and the trend is escalating: with each major technological advancement, we increasingly rely on tools outside of ourselves to perform tasks we once accomplished in-house.

And this is without any mention of the more recent and specific concerns like the rising gig economy or the effects of technological advancements.