Dear Rational Optimist,
The panic over AI is nothing new. The Walkman, coffee, and chess (oh no!) sparked similar waves of fear.
I recently sat down with Pessimists Archive founder Louis Anslow to discuss the people who always fear new technology, and the only AI fear worth serious consideration.
In our interview you’ll hear:
The “Frankenstein fallacy”
The “Three P's” framework that predicts every tech panic in history
How coffee sparked a moral panic and helped trigger the Enlightenment
How to predict real tech risks more accurately
Why Anglosphere elites are the most pessimistic about AI
Please click here to watch my conversation with Louis Anslow now.
A transcript of our conversation is available here.
—Stephen McBride
Stephen McBride is a co-founder of the Rational Optimist Society.
