The fear of AI reminds me of the fear of automation, that it will replace us. Part of me understands, part of me doesn't understand. Humanity has been dreaming

The fear of AI reminds me of the fear of automation, that it will replace us. Part of me understands, part of me doesn't understand. Humanity has been dreaming of the future and writing about it for hundreds of years. It's closer than ever, and a lot of people are terrified that we're not going to have anything left to do. That's why I think it's a matter of mindset. This is going to sound dumb, but I keep thinking about the interactions between Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Jarvis in Iron Man. That's the AI I always wanted: something that could do deterministic (here's the weather, here's your schedule) and non-deterministic (research) things. Jarvis wasn't the inventor. Jarvis was a tool Tony used to invent things.