A look at the AI revolution, reminiscent of the industrial revolution but unfolding over years rather than centuries, and the views of AI optimists and doomers
Machines can now talk with us in ways that aren't preprogrammed. They can draw pictures, write passable (if generic) … X: @cityjournal , @cityjournal , @jacobjaber , @sapinker , and @bgurley X: @cityjournal : AI is “smart,” sure, and sometimes spookily so, but we can't help but anthropomorphize this thing when we're interacting with it, projecting bits of ourselves and treating it as though it were alive when it is not. https://www.city-journal.org/ ... via Michael J. Totten @cityjournal : “Artificial intelligence is like nothing that humans have ever created. It consumes vast amounts of data and organizes itself in ways that its creators didn't foresee and don't understand,” writes Michael J. Totten. https://www.city-journal.org/ ... Jacob / @jacobjaber : “AI is coming faster than almost anyone realizes, that the pace of change will accelerate, and that nobody—not computer researchers, not economists, not historians, and definitely not me—knows where we're heading.” Good read by @michaeljtotten https://www.city-journal.org/ ... Steven Pinker / @sapinker : Something Like Fire: Reflections, speculations, and concerns about AI (with good summaries of the Doomer and Not-Doomer arguments). https://www.city-journal.org/ ... Bill Gurley / @bgurley : This is a great read. Love the @sapinker thoughts, especially this one referring to autonomous cars. [image]