I didn't expect Brian Eno, of all people, to so beautifully sum up how I feel about AI.
I especially resonated with his statements on AI not being developed by the public. Meta, Microsoft, Tesla and, by proxy, some venture capitalists being the only entities capable of financing and spear-heading AI development is extremely problematic. This is exactly like the cable and telephone companies of yesteryear attempting to lay claim the early Internet. Our world would look very different had the Internet been a private Gambit from the start.
Not like any of this matters. AI is being force-fed to us like an "airplane" of broccoli heading for a baby's mouth, societal and cultural impacts be damned. Too much money to be made.
