AI's Coming Reality Check: When The Physics Finally Hits The Hype

In five years, we’ll all likely be chuckling and shaking our heads over AI. Because today, the tech feels free and limitless, doesn’t it?People are generating endless content: images, videos, memes, code snippets, social posts. Companies are bolting AI onto products by default, the way every Fortune 500 company suddenly discovered they were “sustainable” five years ago.There’s much deliberation on AI right now, and it splits into two main camps of thesis:The majority — those who will die on its hill of promise, convinced we’re months away from effective altruism, UBI, and sentient toasters.And the minority — usually older, more...