George Dyson on AI

George Dyson on AI

George Dyson. (Photo by Chris Michel.) My good friend Chris Michel recently photographed George Dyson, thinker, historian, and writer. The topic of “AI” came up, and I found this worth noting. He’s less concerned about the usual apocalyptic fears and more interested in a quieter erosion: that “Good AI,” the kind that works too well, might slowly displace our capacity to reason. That we’ll gradually delegate too much, our judgment, our critical …