The Random Ranter
speaker
144 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 5d ago
The Random Ranter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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On the scale of disruptive technology, AI is completely unlike anything we've ever seen.
And throughout history, we've seen a lot.
I mean, think about the changes to society brought on by the steam engine, the printing press, or for that matter, electricity.
Transformational technologies have been reorganizing the way we live, the way we build things, grow things, and even interact with each other since time immemorial.
It's like change is baked into our DNA because no matter what, we always seem to be striving to find new ways to do things and then adapting to build something better.
Now we've come up against the literal agents of change in AI.
And despite our history of embracing new things and coming out on top, I don't think we're up for this one.
Why do I feel this way?
Well, there's no shortage of issues with the technology.
It's an environmental disaster.
It requires ungodly amounts of both energy and fresh water at precisely the time we're facing global warming, groundwater depletion, and drought.
Then there's the societal impact.
I mean, it's pretty fair to say that the Industrial Revolution was hugely disruptive to humanity.
But in the grand scheme of things, it lasted a hundred years.
That's a lot of time for people to adapt.
Chat GPT, it isn't even four years old yet, and look what's happening.
At that speed, change can be more than disruptive.
It can be catastrophic.
But here we are, anyways, barreling down the mountain with no brakes.
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