One thing that strikes me about this time around the AI cycle, being old enough to have seen the late 80s, is how pessimistic and fearful society is as a whole now. Before… the challenge was too great, the investment in capital too draining, the results too marginal when compared to human labour or even “non-AI” computing.
I wonder if someone older still can comment on how “the atom” went from terrible weapon on war to “energy too cheap to meter” to wherever it is now (still a bête noire for the green energy enthusiasts).
Feels like we are over-applying the precautionary principle, the mainstream population seeing potential disaster everywhere.
I wonder if someone older still can comment on how “the atom” went from terrible weapon on war to “energy too cheap to meter” to wherever it is now (still a bête noire for the green energy enthusiasts).
Feels like we are over-applying the precautionary principle, the mainstream population seeing potential disaster everywhere.