The printing press was a time when a technology was different than everything that came before it, completely ushering in a new era inconceivable to people from the past era.
Ah. I see your confusion. I was referencing the phrase in terms of financial markets and irrational exuberance, not technology phase shifts.
We had books before and after the printing press adoption, just now we could produce more with lower quality materials.
The areas that blockchain-cum-AI grifters think they will succeed in is art, which is deliciously ironic, and thoughtful work. The areas current AI achieves value are the margins that few enjoy, like filler emails and blockbuster movies that few go to theaters to see, compliance checklists, boilerplate code, and repetitive low value work flows.
Still, it will be interesting to see where else we can build margins. Alphafold is a great example of where GenAI can do well.
