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Technology will make the pace of change even faster
Advances in AI will continue at breakneck speed in 2025, but it’s unclear how much of a difference they’ll make.
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Tyler Cowen
One of the most reliable observations any opinion writer can make, myself included, is that the pace of change has accelerated. But in the last few years it actually has – as evidenced by the war and conflict around the world, the politics in the US and major advances in artificial intelligence (AI). I expect this trend to continue in 2025, especially as it relates to technology.
Advances in AI, including artificial general intelligence (AGI), are very likely to continue – but it’s unclear how much of a difference they’ll make. As I have lately taken to asking: “What if they gave an AGI and nobody came?” (It’s a riff on the old query about war.)
