Why the Tech Giant Nvidia May Own the Future. Plus, Joshua Rothman on Taking A.I. Seriously

Why the Tech Giant Nvidia May Own the Future. Plus, Joshua Rothman on Taking A.I. Seriously

Stephen Witt on the microchip maker’s rise, and the geopolitical challenges it faces. And Rothman thinks people outside the tech world should help shape the impact of A.I.

Are We Taking A.I. Seriously Enough? - 3 Quarks Daily

Josh Rothman at The New Yorker: Many people don’t know how seriously to take A.I. It can be hard to know, both because the technology is so new and because hype gets in the way. It’s wise to resist the sales pitch simply because the future is unpredictable. But anti-hype, which emerges as a kind of immune response to boosterism, doesn’t necessarily clarify matters. In 1879, the Times ran a multipart front-page story about the light bulb, under t…