Open question whether society can adjust fast enough to AI/automation pace

Open question whether society can adjust fast enough to AI/automation pace | I think there's an open question as to how quickly is is society going to adjust and just as it has in in in historically, can it adjust fast enough?

I think there's an open question as to how quickly is is society going to adjust and just as it has in in in historically, can it adjust fast enough?

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  "caveats": "Framed as open question",
  "context": "the pace of change that we're seeing as it relates to AI and automation over the past 5 years is just happening faster than even I expected and and I'm an optimist as it relates to uh technology. So, I think there's an open question as to how quickly is is society going to adjust and just as it has in in in historically, can it adjust fast enough?",
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