How Elon Musk and Larry Page’s AI Debate Led to OpenAI and an Industry Boom
At the heart of this competition is a brain-stretching paradox. The people who say they are most worried about A.I. are among the most determined to create it and enjoy its riches. They have justified their ambition with their strong belief that they alone can keep A.I. from endangering Earth.
I do not want to become one with a computer.
Nor do I want to live without them.
Yet as I’ve watched the wave of social media crash over the culture in the last twenty years, I know I’m powerless to stop what’s coming. Our neurology will dictate what’s next, and just as it did with social media, most people will be swept away.
Your attention is everything — it’s all you have.
Remind yourself of this every day.