Fascinating framing of the displacement sequence. The point about lacking a general theory of intelligence while building the most powerful tech in history is pretty stark. What jumped out at me is how this error affected millions of creative workers who were told for years they were "safe" from automation because creativity was supposedly un-automatable. Meanwhile folks prepping for blue collar displacement got blindsided from the opposite direction. The pattern seems less like a tech surprise and more like a fundamental misunderstnding of what cognition actually costs.
Thanks for reading and commenting. Yes, the many problems that are surfacing in the transition to the Age of Intelligence are sourced from the absence of a General Theory of Intelligence. The model-centric approach to AI and the Big Data Center architectural choice are some of the more egregious consequences. That's why I'm writing "The Intelligence: Towards a General Theory of Intelligent Systems" right now.
I will also be writing the 3rd installment in this series soon.
Fascinating framing of the displacement sequence. The point about lacking a general theory of intelligence while building the most powerful tech in history is pretty stark. What jumped out at me is how this error affected millions of creative workers who were told for years they were "safe" from automation because creativity was supposedly un-automatable. Meanwhile folks prepping for blue collar displacement got blindsided from the opposite direction. The pattern seems less like a tech surprise and more like a fundamental misunderstnding of what cognition actually costs.
Thanks for reading and commenting. Yes, the many problems that are surfacing in the transition to the Age of Intelligence are sourced from the absence of a General Theory of Intelligence. The model-centric approach to AI and the Big Data Center architectural choice are some of the more egregious consequences. That's why I'm writing "The Intelligence: Towards a General Theory of Intelligent Systems" right now.
I will also be writing the 3rd installment in this series soon.