Technology predictions

Sam Altmanblog.samaltman.comWritten March 20151 min read

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Altman collects confident expert predictions that turned out wrong, from Wilbur Wright doubting flight and Einstein dismissing nuclear energy to 2015 skeptics calling superhuman AI ridiculous.

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