I stumbled upon a brilliant piece by Mandy Brown that makes a clear observation: Those who sell us artificial intelligence are hawking ideology rather than technology. | Angelos Arnis

In its desperate hunger for clicks, much of the media has decided to endorse a maximalist interpretation of what AI might do. I’ve cataloged them before: disrupt every industry, eliminate poverty and need, send us off of into the stars, end death. Or, alternatively, threaten everything we’ve built, provoke dystopia, exterminate humanity. Take your ... See more

They promise a technological revolution and say AI will do tons of different jobs and help us make tons of progress — but one role they never talk about automating away is “CEO.” The same goes for “venture capitalist,” because as egg-headed tech oligarch Marc Andreessen said, it involves a lot of “psychological analysis” unlike professions such as ... See more