Tech Prophecy and the Underappreciated Causal Power of Ideas [Pinker 2019] [pdf]

by turadgon 1/21/2024, 5:00 PMwith 2 comments

by jruohonenon 1/21/2024, 5:53 PM

A good take; summarizes many of my thoughts. That said, one thing he missed was economics, i.e. in this context the ever-increasing concentration of wealth and power.

by turadgon 1/21/2024, 5:00 PM

Essay in "Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI" from 2019.