Treating AI as Normal Technology
random_walker · x · 2026-07-14
This was a keynote at ICML Seoul titled "What will be left for us to work on?". The author subsequently released annotated slides and a lightly edited transcript of the speech.
Core arguments include:
- AI should be understood as a "normal technology" to assess its impact; absent any new discontinuous leaps, this framework remains useful.
- They also emphasized that if changes like recursive self-improvement actually occur in the future, risk models would need to be re-evaluated.
- The talk focused on career anxiety related to rising AI capabilities and how society should adapt to this shift.
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