A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AI AS NORMAL TECHNOLOGY

Summary from the TLDR AI newsletter

What if AI follows predictable patterns of adoption instead of the rapid superintelligence takeoff many in Silicon Valley prophesy? The impacts of AI depend on how it's adopted, not raw capabilities alone. Many industries continue to use outdated technology due to the non-technical (for example, Air Traffic control uses the same system from the 50s). Even advanced AI features available today have an adoption problem. ChatGPT's "thinking" models are used by less than 1% of users nearly a year after release.