As Osmo A. Wiio (late professor of communication and futurologist, Uni Helsinki) wrote in 1986: "The nearby future is usually overestimated. The far-away future is usually underestimated." (my transl.)
An annoyingly safe bet: Artificial Intelligence won't be like we expect in many ways. But it won't be too far off in other ways. As they say in Thailand, 'Same same, but different'.pic.twitter.com/ZbpT74e7EN
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Alexa already seems to be testing my responses.
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I thought that was the Estonians that said "Same same, but different". Now I'm thinking it's just broken/pidgin English.
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HAL 9000: I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. Dave Bowman: WTF? HAL 9000: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. DB: Can I at least update my status?
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We are f...ked. Catastrophic mass unemployment likely awaits.
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