In 1984, the journalist Steven Levy wrote a great article about the electronic spreadsheet, a new invention which was saving people huge amounts of time. He told the story of an accountant who got “a rush task, sat down with his micro and his spreadsheet, finished it in an hour or two, and left it on his desk for two days. Then he Fed Ex-ed it to the client and got all sorts of accolades for working overtime.”I’ve spent the past few weeks meeting lawyers, accountants and consultants who are beginning to use generative AI in their everyday work. They all talk about the time savings involved in having the AI do technical research for them, or the first drafts of documents or provisions.
1984年，記者史蒂文•列維(Steven Levy)撰寫了一篇關於電子表格的偉大文章，電子表格那時是一項新發明，可以爲人們節省大量時間。他講述了一個會計的故事，這個會計接到了「一項緊急任務，他坐在他的微型電腦前，用電子表格在一兩個小時內完成了任務，然後就把它晾在桌子上。兩天後，他才用聯邦快遞(FedEx)把它寄給了客戶，並因加班而收穫了各種各樣的讚揚。」