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THE DAILY INDEX

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PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

TLDR

STOP THINKING OF AI AS A COWORKER. IT'S AN EXOSKELETON

AI should be treated as an amplifier of human capacity rather than a replacement. AI can still act autonomously with specific tasks, but in a way that is an extension of human decision-making and context. This allows humans to do dramatically more work, more sustainably, with less injury and fatigue. The AI industry's dream of having a fully autonomous AI employee is seductive, but it will likely set us up for disappointment.

BYTEDANCE BUILDING OUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TEAM IN US

ByteDance is hiring nearly 100 employees for its AI division in the US. The company's AI team, called Seed, was established in 2023 and has labs across the US, Singapore, and China. The open roles include various job responsibilities such as producing international data, advancing ByteDance's text, image, and video generation tools, AI research, and building models for drug discovery and design. The company's recent AI launches have thrust it into the spotlight in the US. There has been some controversy over the data used to train its models.

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