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Techno-pessimist argues AI hype mistakes civilizational shadow for sun

The author expresses techno-pessimism, arguing that historically, civilizational-scale technological transformations are exceptionally rare. They contend that the current era is often mistaken for a new transformation, when in reality, it's merely living in the prolonged impact of a past one. This perspective suggests that current advancements are over-promising and under-delivering. AI

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    My techno-pessimism is a pessimism grounded in a fact derived from the historical record: civilizational-scale technological transformation is extraordinarily r

    My techno-pessimism is a pessimism grounded in a fact derived from the historical record: civilizational-scale technological transformation is extraordinarily rare, that it happened once in a rapidly-receding extraordinary century, and that we have been living in its long shadow …