Technology

The article concludes that AI will save the world if we use it wisely and responsibly.

That's a big if.

This article all but dismisses the ethical and social implications of AI.

The climax reads: “The single greatest risk of AI is that China wins global AI dominance and we – the United States and the West – do not.”

Then it exhorts us to barrel ahead at full speed with zero concern for anything other than ‘beating’ China.

It’s so one-sided it’s actually kind of adorable.

Not that I entirely disagree with the case he's putting forth, but it's very telling that the examples he chose for things that people thought would destroy the earth, automobiles and electricity, are exactly the items that are fueling runaway global warming, and killing millions every year. Not to say we didn't get great benefit out of it, but the fact that this obvious contradiction is lost on him means he probably has his blinders on a bit too tight:

Historically, every new technology that matters, from electric lighting to automobiles to radio to the Internet, has sparked a moral panic – a social contagion that convinces people the new technology is going to destroy the world, or society, or both.