"I'm sure people were saying that about commercial airline speeds in the 1970's too."
But there are others that keep going also. Moore's law is still going (mostly, slowing), and made it past a few pinch points where people thought it was the end.
The point is, that over 30 decades, many people said Moore's law was at an end, and then it wasn't, there was some breakthrough that kept it going. Maybe a new one will happen.
The thing with AI is, maybe the S curve flattens out , after all the jobs are gone.
Everyone is hoping the S curve flattens out somewhere just below human level, but what if it flattens out just beyond human level? We're still screwed.
But there are others that keep going also. Moore's law is still going (mostly, slowing), and made it past a few pinch points where people thought it was the end.
The point is, that over 30 decades, many people said Moore's law was at an end, and then it wasn't, there was some breakthrough that kept it going. Maybe a new one will happen.
The thing with AI is, maybe the S curve flattens out , after all the jobs are gone.
Everyone is hoping the S curve flattens out somewhere just below human level, but what if it flattens out just beyond human level? We're still screwed.