> I have never seen hype precede significant change. It's usually the other way around. It took people years to realize how much PC and smartphones and social m

> I have never seen hype precede significant change. It's usually the other way around. It took people years to realize how much PC and smartphones and social media were impacting society. Great counter-point. It is a false dichotomy to view this as a binary matter (terrible pun not intended). During the information superhighway era of the nascent internet, opinions on what would become varied as well (I recall with a bit less sarcasm and absolutist thinking).[1] The hype was not widespread, and even though some prognostications were fairly accurate in broadly outlining societal and economic benefits, predicting the downsides was an oversight. Maybe failing to foresee these difficulties in the past has left some people jaded? Could this be driving much of the cynicism and skepticism in the great AI debate? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway