[fhe]

AI in its current incarnation felt on part with word processing, or even spreadsheet (which powers a big portion of the financial industry, so no mean feat)... but it's not the internal combustion engine, or comparable to the discovery of electricity.

[fnordpiglet]

Ok? But how much value did the spreadsheet give the modern economy? Almost every person learns how to use word processors and spreadsheets in any school that has any semblance of modernity, and it’s required in every job that has even marginal knowledge work.

I’d also note we are only a few years into practical generative AI models and less than that in terms of how to integrate and use them. So… hard to tell what the end is going to be like at this point isn’t it? In 20 years of improvement and refinement, will it rival IC cars ? Who knows. But who cares. It’s still amazing.

[moffkalast]

I mean can you really compare anything with the discovery of electricity? If someone invented warp drive right now it still wouldn't be on par.

[marcosdumay]

When it appears, AGI will certainly either be comparable or incomparable on the other direction.

Computers are a comparable innovation. The internet is a comparable innovation. Or, if you decide to go back, mechanical engineering was comparable too.