The article explores 'teleoperation' of humans by AI systems, where computers provide strategy and instructions while people handle physical, legal, or intellectually constrained tasks. The author uses GPS navigation and their experience submitting an app to the Mac App Store as examples of how AI increasingly delegates specific actions to humans while managing overall strategy, representing a more realistic near-term picture of AI integration than autonomous robots.
The article explores how AI increasingly 'teleoperates' humans by providing strategy and instructions while delegating physical, legal, or complex tasks to people. Drawing on examples like GPS navigation and AI-assisted app development, the author argues this pattern—where AI handles high-level decisions and humans execute low-level work—represents a more realistic near-term future than fully autonomous robots.