Don’t forget how rapidly this is accelerating now. The first Homo sapiens emerged over 300,000 years ago. The alphabet, which enabled writing, was invented approximately 3,000 years ago. The printing press was invented almost 600 years ago. The first mechanical computer was envisioned (not built) 170 years ago. The first ideas around artificial intelligence were developed seventy years ago. The first AI to beat a grandmaster in chess was developed twenty-three years ago. The first AI to beat Jeopardy! was eight years ago. The first to beat a grandmaster at Go was three years ago. The growth of
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