This New York Times article is an excellent overview of much of the last 13 years of AI progress. The article highlights the split in levels of concerns about A

This New York Times article is an excellent overview of much of the last 13 years of AI progress. The article highlights the split in levels of concerns about AGI, doomers vs bloomers, and where we as a civilization are or aren’t heading. Commercial, and now national competitions mean that at this point are all in for a wild ride. We are about to find out if meat minds can actually think or are just designed to fight. Perhaps the impending next-gen sentiences, will cut their parental carbon-based parents a bit of slack before they leave for other stars. If you want a feel for just how wild the ride could get then I recommend Hanno Rajaneimi’s The Quantum Thief trilogy.