The Future of AI Isn’t What You Think

What can science fiction and history tell us about where AI is headed?

Mar 13, 2023

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An early 20th century vision of school in the 21st century (public domain)

The hype cycle around artificial intelligence — at least the large language model version of AI — has been strong and swift. There was an initial burst of optimism after the release of ChatGPT, in which people seemed to think it was amazing and would change everything forever. Now…

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