There’s even website dedicated to tracking those promises. Not many people can claim a prize like that.

Let’s say you read books in the library to develop your writing skills, and then write your own medieval fantasy book. Even if you include magical rings, elves and dwarves, I don’t think anyone will sue you just because your story is clearly inspired by a specific book. The key is to avoid making s word for word copy.

So, apparently this is like the first Li-ion batteries of Sony cameras back in the day. Neat technology, only one company was doing it, but soon everyone else started doing it too. About 10 years later, Li-ion batteries were absolutely everywhere.

This is the way.

Thanks for taking the time to write a thoughtful answer. Especially that historical perspective was interesting.

I just thought that AI music is going to be like the ways clothes are manufactured today. Sure, you could get your clothes from a big factory, and many people do. At the same time, there are still many people who make clothes by hand just for fun. There are also some who make clothes the old way and sell them to millionaires who can afford to appreciate that production method and the quality that comes with it.

My guess is, the same will happen to music industry. Most people who wear cheap t-shirts, will also listen to cheap AI pop. Some other people with the money to hire musicians will do so, just like they’ve done so far. At the same time, many people will also continue to enjoy playing instruments or knitting wool scarfs just because it’s fun.

Seems like we’ll get financially viable fusion power plants before that happens.

Interesting. I assume that it resulted in lots of mayhem and destruction.

Anyway, goes to show that even my most original ideas have already been done. Usually several decades before I was born.

By default, you assume that the people around you are at least capable of caring what you have to say. I wonder what would happen if you took that assumption away.

Let’s say the latest flu virus has a side effect where it disables that feature from a significant number of the affected individuals. Suddenly millions of people are literally unable to actually care about other people. That would make casual conversations a bit of a gamble because you can’t really be sure whether you’re talking to a normal person or not. Maybe people wouldn’t want to take that gamble at all. What if that would force social norms to change and human interactions would o longer come with this assumption pre-installed.

As a side note, that kind of a virus would probably also put humanity back to the stone age. Being motivated to work together, care about others and act selflessly is a fundamental part of human civilization.