Humans living forever is inevitable. Galactic colonization, inevitable. Over a long-enough time scale.
AI is inevitable on the same time scale, sure. But can it actually survive as a sustainable business given what is needed to keep it relevant—will people pay what it costs to support said business—not clear. Or, at least in the next five years.
The second generation AI companies will be built on different assumptions and will likely be slower-growing, and that’s when you’ll see it truly become ubiquitous. That could be a decade though.
I doubt that. I think we just fizzle out. The survival of the fittest instincts that made us a successful species is destroying us as we are getting more capable. Our 'leaders' are getting ever more unhinged.
And without faster than light travel there just isn't much point in galactic colonisation. If generations have to live and die in a tin can to get to some remote star, why not just live in that tin can in the first place.
“IT’S THE SAME THING”
is anyone else weirded out by folks chanting this like a mantra? imagine saying this for any other emergent tech. "NFTs are inevitable", "crypto is inevitable", "excel is inevitable", etc.
inevitability != usefulness/profitability
Excel was inevitable. How many trillions of hours has it saved?
AI is going to let me do your job and barely lift a finger. Therefore, inevitable.
These are thermodynamically favored technological outcomes.