Insider Finance - Business - ChatGPT may be coming for our jobs

Hello, Insiders. Steve Jobs used to talk about how humans are one of the slowest animals on the planet — that is, until you put them on a bicycle. And he’d talk about the computer as a “bicycle for the mind.” That’s how I’m thinking about AI right now.

That doesn’t mean it’s not scary. Everyone’s talking about ChatGPT — and it seems to be coming for jobs in tech, media, finance, and more. (See our full list here.) There are concerns about misinformation, and schools are starting to ban it. But at the same time, we’ve seen some exciting uses for AI in markets and investing, memory, and helping transform small businesses. 

It’s like the new calculator, and we’re all students who will one day learn how to use it. And eventually, we’ll be thrilled to not have to do long division by hand. What’s your stance on it? Let me know: insidertoday@insider.com. We’ll be featuring your replies in our Saturday edition.

— Nicholas Carlson

This package shipped from Mississippi to Michigan — via Puerto Rico.

The package started out like normal. A small bubble-wrap envelope of cosmetics shipped by the US Postal Service from Mississippi headed for Michigan — 750 miles away. But something happened. Suddenly, it was in Puerto Rico. It didn’t arrive at its final destination until days later.

It's a strange path, but not unheard of. When the USPS analyzed the tracking for this package a representative told Insider it was simply a mistake. 

Yet when these errors are multiplied across the tens of millions of packages every day, the problem looks a little bigger. Many eventually make it to their destination. But extra transit days add frustration for customers and costs and emissions for logistics companies.

Here's why some shipments go on circuitous journeys.