Why the People Who Built AI are Panicking (Just Like Y2K)

Описание: Is the current AI panic just a repeat of the Y2K fever dream? Many people today look back at the turn of the millennium as a "nothingburger," but for those living through it, the devaluation of certainty was a very real threat. Today, we are facing a similar "obscure vibe" of anxiety as we watch the world being rewired in real-time. This video explores the fascinating parallels and deep divergences between the Y2K infrastructure panic and the current rise of artificial intelligence.

We dive into the "Expert Alarms" of both eras. In the 90s, whistleblowers like Peter de Jager warned that the digital clock was ticking toward a "Titanic" iceberg. Today, the "Godfathers" of AI like Geoffrey Hinton and CEOs like Sam Altman are sounding a new alarm: the risk is no longer just about the lights going out, but about losing control of the switch entirely. We analyze how Y2K was a passive "known unknown" with a fixed deadline, while AI is an active, evolving intelligence with an infinite slope.

The core of today's anxiety isn't just a technical glitch; it is the devaluation of human skill. When machines can generate, learn, and adapt, the perceived worth of human labor and creativity begins to shrink. We validate the "vertigo" of living through a paradigm shift and explain why your "AI anxiety" is a natural response to mapping an undiscovered territory. Whether it's 1999 or 2026, we are constantly living on the edge of the next big thing.

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