Having seen the exciting birth of the utopia of the World Wide Web in the 90’s and seeing the world as it is now, I think the result will be the same with AI: a mixed bag.
That’s what John Backus said in his last interview in 2006:
Interviewer: “Is the world a better place because of all the software that’s been written in your lifetime, or not?”
Backus: “Well, in human terms, probably not. Because it just takes us further and further away from human affairs. But as far as economic, and welfare, it’s done a lot of good. So it’s a mixed bag.
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But I don’t envy you, I’m afraid. I think that we’re getting more and more technological and less and less human oriented.”