Ferguson argues AI won't make everything abundant and doubts Scottish nationalist-socialist-anti-Zionist Banks is right prophet for AI future
“"If the AI future had a prophet, I’d bet against his being a Scottish nationalist-socialist-anti-Zionist. ... You can use the word abundance as abundantly as you like. But not everything can be made abundant by AI plus bots."”
Ferguson disputes Musk's recommendation of Iain M Banks's Culture series as guide to AI future
“When @elonmusk gave Iain M. Banks's "The Culture" series a shout-out in his interview with @TheEconomist, I had to intervene. Because Banks is not the right sci-fi writer if you want to understand our AI future.”
Ferguson argues that both optimists and pessimists agree AI will fundamentally transform the world.
“As the great Artificial Intelligence Mania hurtles forward toward its denouement, techno-optimists and AI-doomsters agree that it will have world-altering consequences.”