Then it would appear we mostly agree. There will be winners and losers. >"we don't need to worry at all, everything will work out" Strawman of course. A nuanc

Then it would appear we mostly agree. There will be winners and losers. >"we don't need to worry at all, everything will work out" Strawman of course. A nuanced understanding of the historical context of other technological booms is the point of my original post and it's specifically the 'omg AI gonna take our jerbs' kneejerk reaction that I wanted to preempt. I would add that statisticians seem to be less worried about AI threats than your average HNer [1]. And although I don't have a handy source, I know that economists are also likely to brush aside predictions of major impacts. [1] https://ai100.stanford.edu/2016-report/executive-summary https://ai100.stanford.edu/2016-report/executive-summary