Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves

Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves

For something that is showing to be useful, there is no way it will simply fizzle out. The exact same thing was said for the whole internet, and look where we are now.

The difference between crypto and AI, is that as you said crypto didn’t show anything tangible to the average person. AI, instead, is spreading like wildfire in software and research and being used by people even without knowing worldwide.

I’ve seen my immediate friends use chatbots to help them from passing boring yearly trainings at work, make speeches for weddings, and make rough draft lesson plans

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