News Summary

• Thirty years ago, Cory Doctorow did an interview showing primitive inklings of the internet future (music, videos, etc.) At the time, it was easy to dismiss it as an irrelevant toy, and most people in power did just that.
• Now, here we are, with AI in the larval state.
• It’s easy to look at the very real financial and human cost, the speed bumps, the errors, and decide to just wait and see.
• The real question is whether this is like the web and email, or more like virtual reality headsets.