Once AI Bubble Pops We'll All Suffer – Better Than Letting It Grow Unabated?
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We play expectations whack-a-mole forever and ever.
It's already showing signs of that. The AI discourse is a whack-a-mole machine of hypotheticals. What if it never unlocks meaningful progress, but also don't stop? I mean, ever.
it has already unlocked meaningful progress, that is undeniable. the expectations are a whole other thing though. the best advice I got when I was getting married from my wise uncle was “as long as neither of you come into this with any expectations and just enjoy your life together you have a chance at a lasting happiness…”