In the early 2000s, merchants had to work directly with banks, checkout providers, domain names, and design consultants. Now in 2020, there are thousands of independent software vendors (ISVs) that businesses can leverage to easily create a storefront.
The reason experts are so split on whether or not we're on an exponential path to AI is that intelligence is multi-dimensional. You can be both exponentially exploding/scaling in one dimension and stagnating in another. You can be both superhuman and subhuman at the same time. People tend to focus on the dimensions most salient to their... See more