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Swami's avatar

I really like your categorization scheme, but I think we are judging way too early. Fire and writing made little difference for the first few centuries either.

I think of AI’s programming and building AI’s in a feedback loop and artificial bots mimicking and effectively replacing and amplifying experts into personalized teachers and coaches (every kid gets the Einstein bot, the Darwin bot, the Hayek bot and so on as personal assistants). This to me is going to quickly grow into something at a level 2 or even 1.

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Kaleberg's avatar

That's a good analysis. I'd put computers up there with aviation. They are driving a lot of change, but they're part of the control continuum that started in the 17th century with the first thermometers.

The magic AI people simply don't understand AI. We aren't going to magically create superbrains that will figure everything out for us. 42. There, I've said it. We'd be better informed listening to stories of the djinn and cursed monkey paws.

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