Lambert: AI is still 'a rounding error in everyday life' and risks going the way of American nuclear power
Interconnects (Nathan Lambert)·medium signal
In a September 9 essay, Lambert says we are under five years into a diffusion process that could take 50 years, and that AI mostly serves elites while destabilizing knowledge work, drawing a parallel to Engels' Pause (1790 to 1840), when British wages stagnated as GDP grew. He warns the resulting political backlash could 'kneecap AI's development' and argues the industry should tie its future to robotics and self-driving cars, which ordinary people can see and use.