I notice that TC is a bit uninformed on the "internals" of "ai". Not surprising for an economist, but not compelling, despite glibness, especially for tech-literate folks, as I've been since the early 1970s. I am in the camp of skeptics, on every level. There are many skeptics, especially amongst STEM people - less so among people in oth…
I notice that TC is a bit uninformed on the "internals" of "ai". Not surprising for an economist, but not compelling, despite glibness, especially for tech-literate folks, as I've been since the early 1970s. I am in the camp of skeptics, on every level. There are many skeptics, especially amongst STEM people - less so among people in other domains such as speculative-economists. There haven't been any breakthroughs in software for a very long time. And "ai" has emerged because of the availability of brute-force computing that can, from impressively large databases, collect and synthesize after a fashion.. We will be presented by impressive collections & syntheses (?) of humanity's knowledge for a long time to come. Most literate people do the same especially when involved in anything remotely creative. I vote for appreciating some niceties emerging, but to withhold trust in ai apps - for a long time.
I notice that TC is a bit uninformed on the "internals" of "ai". Not surprising for an economist, but not compelling, despite glibness, especially for tech-literate folks, as I've been since the early 1970s. I am in the camp of skeptics, on every level. There are many skeptics, especially amongst STEM people - less so among people in other domains such as speculative-economists. There haven't been any breakthroughs in software for a very long time. And "ai" has emerged because of the availability of brute-force computing that can, from impressively large databases, collect and synthesize after a fashion.. We will be presented by impressive collections & syntheses (?) of humanity's knowledge for a long time to come. Most literate people do the same especially when involved in anything remotely creative. I vote for appreciating some niceties emerging, but to withhold trust in ai apps - for a long time.