We've lived through several technological revolutions: the computer, internet, cloud computing, apps, GPUs.
The outcome for most of these is usually unknown. Sure, PCs led to spreadsheets. But they created tons of other things. The internet brought about an era of misinformation and porn, but also spawned Facebook and cheap books in your pocket. Apps led to ride sharing and the ability to report that asshole who ran the red light.
AI will do a lot of obvious things, but I'd say 80% of the things that emerge is unexpected. I mean, LLMs are basically text autocomplete machines and as of today, they answer physics questions better than most trained humans. There's an emergent factor.
Whatever AI will become, it won't be Skynet, because it's literally trained to not become that.
Humans are the best creatures on Earth at adapting. Heck, that's probably the only skill we have. My opposable thumbs are literally talking to someone on the opposite side of the planet now. We'll figure it out.
The outcome for most of these is usually unknown. Sure, PCs led to spreadsheets. But they created tons of other things. The internet brought about an era of misinformation and porn, but also spawned Facebook and cheap books in your pocket. Apps led to ride sharing and the ability to report that asshole who ran the red light.
AI will do a lot of obvious things, but I'd say 80% of the things that emerge is unexpected. I mean, LLMs are basically text autocomplete machines and as of today, they answer physics questions better than most trained humans. There's an emergent factor.
Whatever AI will become, it won't be Skynet, because it's literally trained to not become that.
Humans are the best creatures on Earth at adapting. Heck, that's probably the only skill we have. My opposable thumbs are literally talking to someone on the opposite side of the planet now. We'll figure it out.