WIRED Digest: Mirthfully Pondering, Are We Navigating the Bubbly Seas of AI?
“WIRED Roundup: Are We In An AI Bubble?”
“Artificial intelligence is having a moment across the tech industry. Bikinis that can help hide your muffin tops? Sure. AI-powered toilets? They might already be in the next stall. Electric toothbrushes that educate your molars? Undoubtedly on the horizon. You’ve got startups jockeying for a piece of the pie, companies tossing around the term ‘AI’ like confetti at a New Year’s parade, and venture capitalists pouring billions into the industry, betting that AI is the next big thing.”
Here’s the buzz in Silicon Valley, the tech frat house is geeking over AI (Artificial Intelligence) this week. Yes, you heard it right, not just the robot homemakers and self-driving cars, but we are beyond that now. We are talking about AI bikinis that camouflage your love handles and AI toilets which could be your next-door neighbor. Expect “AI-powered toothbrush” next in line, making your dentist obsolete. Basically, our beloved tech industry is infatuated with AI, like a teenager with a forbidden romance novel.
Everyone is scrambling over each other to get a piece of the AI pie (quite the popular pastry these days). The term AI is tossed around so casually like it’s confetti at a New Year’s Eve party. And just like that party, someone will wake up the next morning to clean the mess. We have venture capitalists who seem to have mistaken AI for oil and have the audacity to daydream about an AI revolution. They keep pumping billions into the industry like there’s no tomorrow!
AI, according to the smarty-pants of tech-town, is the “next big thing”. But you know what was the previous “next big thing?” Yeah, we can’t remember either.
But fret not; amongst countless AI powered doodads, there may actually be something containable and even revolutionary. Or maybe not, but Silicon valley is nothing if not persistent (ever heard about Google Glass, anyone?). Only time will reveal if the AI bubble will pop, or, like a certain digital phoenix, rise from its overhyped ashes to take over the world. Until then, let’s keep creating AI toothbrushes, AI toilets, and why not an AI AI-builder? The future is here, buckle up!
Remember folks, this line sums it up perfectly well, “In the age of AI, the future of human labor is perpetually in question and context is a luxury that we just can’t afford.” Now let’s get back to our AI infused coffee to fuel up for tomorrow. It’s an AI world out there after all. Make sure you’re keeping up!