AI is a rare example of an extremely hyped thing that almost everyone still underestimates the impact of in even the medium-term. what are other examples of this from the past couple of decades besides the iPhone? i'm curious what we can learn.

Aug 15, 2022 · 8:22 PM UTC

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Removing animal agriculture from the food system in - a completely natural evolution in humanity's continuous quest for safer, tastier, and easier to produce (i.e. cheaper) ways to nourish ourselves.
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Quantum computing
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YouTube.
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CRISPR and gene editing more generally
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The technological growth in the past 100 years is not comparable to anything in the past 1000 years. AGI will eventually be better than any human who ever lived. Once we have artificial scientists working 24/7... This will be bigger than any human thought, literally.
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One thing is clear due to AI revolution capitalism will collapse , humans cannot compete with machines for money, and machines don't work for money ......
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Print, phone, radio, ice cream, electricity, trains, tv, stock market, corporation, voting, cars, planes, bicycles, in no particular order.