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https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/two-failure-modes-of-emerging-technologies>
"There is a pervasive sense right now that, in the field of artificial
intelligence, we are
living in early times. Depending who you ask, AI is some
mix of exciting, inevitable, and scary. But all agree that it is real, it is
here, and it is growing. The present is merely prelude.
The future is about
to arrive.
When imagining the trajectory of an emerging technology, there are two types of
thought exercise one can engage in. To put it plainly, one can imagine what
might happen when a technology works
as advertised, but at larger scale, or
one can imagine what would happen
if a technology breaks down, or does not
work as well as advertised.
I refer to these [as] the
two failure modes of emerging technologies. Both
exercises have value, but we should be wary about conflating them."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-clean-energy-aids-big-cats-africa/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
