Why futurist Amy Webb sees a "technology supercycle" headed our way
Briefly

"Sure, [HTML's] the language that powers the internet, but it's also basically been automated since 2018. Nice to know how to do, but not essential. What was on the horizon at the time was AI."
"Why talk about all this? Because I am concerned that what happened in West Virginia is going to happen everywhere else in the world."
"The trainers had bet on a future trend, just not the correct one. Unlike many coal mining companies, which perhaps stubbornly refused to invest in alternative sources of revenue - like turning their facilities into efficient underground data storage centers."
"She predicts that we are on the cusp of a technology supercycle, in which advances in AI, biotech, and smart sensors will transform our economy and society to a similar extent as the wheel and the steam engine."
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