More than meets the AI: ‘Pre-AGI’
by Tristan Greene
The first time I got genuinely giddy about a journalism project was when I got the green light to write my first series. I pitched a “beginner’s guide to AI” to my editor and my career as an AI reporter was suddenly off and running. Over the years, I ended up writing several series for The Next Web and Neural.
I did a beginner’s guide to the AI apocalypse with a bunch of fun explainers on how things could go horribly sideways if we don’t develop AI in a human-centered way. And, of course, my favorite series was one that had nothing to do with AI, the “Games to play on Date Night” review series that continues on Love is a Fetish. I even had an amazing and satisfying run as the editor of the “Coronavirus in Context” and “Neural” newsletters.
But one thing I’ve never had the chance to do is write a column.
More than meets the AI will be my first. And I couldn’t be more excited! We’ve decided to focus specifically on “pre-AGI” technology because, from where I’m standing, there isn’t a more exciting field to cover. We’re living through the genesis of a techno-industrial revolution that will almost certainly birth wholesale disruption on a global scale.
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