THIS IS A LONG BOI POST FYI

I'm seeing a lot of frustration and despair about the rise of AI here and all over the internet, and as a historian I wanted to offer what I hope might be helpful words in this dark hour.

We are essentially living through our version of the Second Industrial Revolution (beginning in the 1870s) which saw the emergence of telephones, telegraphs and typewriters, electricity, cars, etc. Prior to that point the First Industrial Revolution (1760ish) saw mechanization and mass...