Tom Scott on ChatGPT, AI Capabilities and the Technology Curve

Tom Scott · Commentary · 16 min · 2023 · YouTube title: I tried using AI. It scared me.

Why it's here

HN cites it for the argument that we cannot tell whether AI is early or late on its sigmoid curve until hindsight.

What it covers

Tom Scott describes trying ChatGPT to fix his Gmail labels and being unsettled by how capable it was. He argues that we cannot know where we are on the technology curve, comparing it to Napster.