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In DepthWhen the Internet Was Scary Too
Everything people fear about AI today, they feared about the internet in 1995 — and understanding that pattern might be the most useful thing you can do right now.
On June 26, 1995, Newsweek published an article by astronomer Clifford Stoll titled "The Internet? Bah!" It opened with this sentence: "After two decades of online, I'm perplexed." Stoll proceeded to explain why the internet was overhyped, why online databases would never replace…
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