Josh Tyrangiel
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It's going to end human existence, right?
And I was like, are those the only two options?
Like, is there anything in between?
And so I was actually talking to a guy named Danny Hillis who invented cloud computing.
And Danny's now in his 70s.
And he's kind of like the Buddha of Silicon Valley.
Like, he's just this lovely guy.
And I'm complaining to him.
I'm like, Danny, this is bullshit.
Like, what is this good for?
And Danny just laughs.
And he's like, you need to imagine the tech without the tech companies.
And I was like, uh, I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't realize one could do that.
And so one thing that's really important to know is like,
AI is not one thing.
So there are many things that are infuriating about AI.
Yes.
But one of them is the term AI, okay?
So AI is actually a series of overlapping but different capabilities and techniques, right?
So there's AI that can predict behavior from patterns it sees in data.