Research continues on developing AI that will help us solve previously intractable problems in science, engineering, medicine, etc
The general public misuses it to create slop and scams
Investors irrationally pour billions into old ideas
Hypemongers, pundits and futurists invent fantastic fiction

Exciting new tech emerges and advances rapidly
Investors don't understand it, but are desperate for "the next big thing"
Hypemongers, futurists and pundits tell amazing stories of a fictional future
Lying salesweasels convince clueless executives to spend way too much on immature tech
Zillions of startups emerge with impressive looking but kinda fake demos
The general public misuses the tech to create slop and scams

Meanwhile, the tech continues steady progress

...in the olympics of stupid ideas
Lawmakers are dangerously clueless about tech

I was forced to learn cursive
I hated it and sucked at it
As soon as I was able, I stopped using it
The only value in learning cursive is for calligraphy or reading historical documents
It's a dinosaur that deserves to go extinct

Treat ransomware attacks exactly the same as hardware failures or natural disasters
Have multiple layers of backup available

Release your models open source and open weight
This tech should not be controlled by monopolists or governments
It should be available to all

There are GREAT dangers from people who use powerful AI models

I expected lower, a lot lower

...starting long before the release of chat gpt
Somehow, I always knew that I was training a robot, and I judged it to be a good thing

Pop music is another story.
The way it's constructed is exactly like AI would construct it.
Identify a popular trend or style, then hire a team of top professionals to copy it almost perfectly but include barely enough difference to avoid copyright lawsuits.
Then hire an attractive singer who can follow orders to be the front person. If they can't actually sing, apply autotune.
It's artless industrial product.
People will continue to make music, it's an important part of who we are.
Talentless weasels will continue using every trick they can think of to make money.
I hope this is a short lived fad with massive backlash

Given the diminishing use of cash, I expect other coins to disappear in the future

will lose my business

...that ever increasing compute power will be needed for future AI
This reminds me of the old military saying that generals plan to fight the last war
One efficient algorithm changes everything
One different processing approach like analog hybrids or bio hybrids changes everything
The future is becoming increasingly unpredictable

Meta wants to misuse AI tech to create fake friends who will likely try to sell you stuff
He needs to work on AI that can help us solve previously intractable problems in science, engineering, medicine, etc

...in the olympics of bad ideas
Run Windows apps in a browser?
This might work for trivial stuff, but I can't imaging running serious software like this and having it run even close to acceptably
High end CAD? Video editing? Digital audio workstation? Scientific simulation? in a browser?
This is silly beyond belief