ChatGPT has given us a first real glimpse of what AI can do after a prolonged AI winter, but it will take it a few iterations to get to a more AI-ey level.
I think it is also a direct threat to incumbents in the search space (hey, Google!) – that has been overtaken by ads prioritising the revenue stream over the quality of search results.
Content moderation is likely another viable example where the moderators struggle under a unending duress of hordes of monkeys with an internet connection and a keyboard who never hesitate to assert a strong personal opinion or a unsubstantiated arm chair theory.
A more curious case is likely a future generation of the chat engine to be hooked up with a future version of the Unreal engine to, effectively, replace carbon life forms in movies. I wonder whether human actors will be eventually relegated to art house films only in the future.
Stable Diffusion will, on the other hand, replace «low end» (I am not being dismissive here) graphic designers and, likewise, relegate the graphic design to a niche skill – just like digital photography has subplanted the film photography. Again, it will take a few more iterations before it matures enough.
So, just a few big item tickets I could think of instantly.