It's so difficult to know how this will all impact us in the long term but I have to say after listening to this podcast I have a different, much more cautious, take on AI.
I think one of the first fallouts from this will be a massive economic recession if AI doesn't prove to be all that Big Tech is promising. It seems like a lot is riding on AI performing miracles and governments solving societal problems AI causes (like lost wages from displaced workers). I hear more and more talk about how the "AI Bubble" is the only thing keeping the US economy afloat. I remember the Tech Boom and subsequent crash of the mid 1990's well but that during that era there wasn't nearly as much riding on the technology then.
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It definitely feels like everyone is going all in on this and if it doesn't quite live up to the expectations there is a lot that could come crashing down. I think at this point we are just kind of along for the ride.