[freediver]

As much as I use AI in daily workflows, I do not think an AI-first society will ever be a thing.

Historically there is no evidence of that happening with tech revolutions - or rather perhaps you could say to some extent - you can not say that we are an internet-first society, or cars-first society or mobile phone - first society despite these being profound technological revolutions.

And more importantly, the only science fiction movies that talk about "AI first societies" tend to be dystopian in nature (eg Terminator). And humans eventually always do better than that.

As much as the world in Star Trek is advanced for example, with all the fancy AI there is, it is still a human-first society. Only 10% of any Star Trek is about AI and fancy technologies, 90% is still human drama.

[testdummy13]

"Historically there is no evidence of that happening with tech revolutions - or rather perhaps you could say to some extent - you can not say that we are an internet-first society, or cars-first society or mobile phone - first society despite these being profound technological revolutions."

I'm... not actually sure I agree. The US *has* become a more cars first society. Our cities are designed around cars: parking space requirements for business, lacking of biking infrastructure in favor of more lanes, even the introduction of jaywalking as a crime. We've become much more of an internet first society too, we don't use books for research, our banking is largely done online, even humans social circles have moved much more online (probably to the detriment of society).

None of those technologies are as powerful/disruptive as where it seems that AI and LLMs are headed, so it's possible that societies shift towards "AI-first" will be more profound that it was for any of the other technologies listed.

[bitexploder]

People could not imagine how the PC was going to be a dominant computing paradigm until it was. I think I would argue in the direction that "this seems less likely". But I have been in this game almost 30 years. Anything goes. Also America looks "car first" empirically speaking from where I sit. The thing I am asking is if AI alters the collective human survival loop enough. Cars absolutely did. If people collectively can use AI to create a survival benefit they will. If enough people do this it starts looking more and more like an essential thing and not separable from the societies survival. So maybe it is the framing of "x-first" it is more like "x-dependent" perhaps? And what is a survival benefit? Just ask your brain why we go to work every week :)