Stefan Schubert: The Industrial Revolution is a worse model for AI than it seems
birchlse · x · 2026-10-07
LSE researcher Stefan Schubert argues that the Industrial Revolution is a misleading analogy for the AI transition. AI is unfolding far faster than the Industrial Revolution did, and unlike that era, systematic societal debate about how to steer AI began before the technology took off — meaning societies may have more agency in shaping the trajectory than historical analogies suggest.
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