How the AI boom is informed by the Industrial Revolution

The artificially intelligent "agents" promised by tech titans like Sam Altman seem destined to replace workers, but they also sound incredibly useful. It sounds like a hi-tech dilemma, but it's one that harkens back to the earliest days of job automation.Like most technological leaps, cutting-edge generative AI applications like OpenAI's Sora fascinate everyday people just as they do company owners and managers. Their outputs can be eerie and flawed, but they're also undeniably captivating. Simi