✨ Two cheers for the 'San Francisco Consensus' on AI

The case for hoping AI breaks history, while planning as if it won’t

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world:

Much of Silicon Valley has settled on a maximalist Up Wing story about artificial intelligence that’s bold, even brain-bending — and, yes, possibly wrong.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has dubbed this narrative the “San Francisco Consensus.” It’s a shared belief among fo…