"If you told the average person in 1995 that within 25 years, we'd consume news from strangers on social media over newspapers, watch shows on-demand in place of cable TV, find romantic partners through apps more than through friends, and flip "don't trust strangers on the internet" so completely that we'd let internet strangers pick us up in their personal vehicles and sleep in their spare bedrooms, most people would find that hard to believe."
"We're in 1995 again. This time with Artificial Intelligence. And both sides of today's debate are making similar mistakes. One side warns that AI will eliminate entire professions and cause mass unemployment within a couple of years. The other claims that AI will create more jobs than it destroys. One camp dismisses AI as overhyped vaporware destined for a bubble burst, while the other predicts it will automate every knowledge task and reshape civilization within the decad"
Low-bandwidth 1995 internet experience is described, with screeching modems, few websites, slow loading times, and distrust of online payments. People quickly divided between optimistic visions of digital commerce and virtual reality and skeptical caution to avoid strangers online. Many early predictions seemed improbable from a 1995 perspective, including social media news consumption, on-demand streaming, app-based dating, ride-sharing, and home-sharing. Contemporary reactions to artificial intelligence echo the same polarization, with camps predicting either rapid job elimination or net job creation. Some dismiss AI as overhyped while others foresee automation of all knowledge tasks and civilization-scale change.
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