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，记者史蒂文•列维(Steven Levy)撰写了一篇关于电子表格的伟大文章，电子表格那时是一项新发明，可以为人们节省大量时间。他讲述了一个会计的故事，这个会计接到了“一项紧急任务，他坐在他的微型电脑前，用电子表格在一两个小时内完成了任务，然后就把它晾在桌子上。两天后，他才用联邦快递(FedEx)把它寄给了客户，并因加班而收获了各种各样的赞扬。”