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Comparing AI vs. Blockchain Hype
- AI and blockchain both have passionate advocates who are touting them as the solution to the world's problems, however, their messaging differs.
- Blockchain proponents sometimes over-promised and under-delivered on utopian ideals of a decentralized future, while AI is having an immediate and measurable impact on society.
- Communication strategies around AI often obscure the reality of the technology's value and impact, making it seem too futuristic or too dangerous to adopt.
- On the one hand, AI is warned as an existential risk to the world and on the other hand, it is portrayed as a panacea for all our problems.
- The current trap of doomerism or apocalyptic doom and silver bullet utopianism alienate and scare people away rather than engaging them.
- Evangelists of AI need to focus on the immediate, real-world impact of AI and steer away from the extremes.
- It's important to engage the public and build excitement around AI's potential to revolutionize industries like finance, healthcare, and entertainment.
- Learning from blockchain's missteps in over-promising, AI evangelists need to focus on what AI is ALREADY providing.
- AI has already delivered beyond expectations and is constantly under-framed as either an existential risk or a panacea.
- By presenting a more balanced, grounded perspective of AI's current tangible and present-day value, AI evangelists can win over a skeptical public.
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