In the age of "artificial intelligence," tech CEOs have ranked among the tech's biggest cheerleaders. Drawing on SciFi tropes and ill-defined industry terms, the pitch usually involves a confident prediction, like that humans and AI will learn to live in "peaceful coexistence" (just imagine the alternative!) and an arbitrary timetable, like that AI will result in a doomsday scenario by 2027 — that is, unless lawmakers give these massive tech firms carte blanche to do whatever they want. And unlike previous tech hype cycles like Web 3, AI's most vocal champions are respected industry leaders and mainstream media pundits. Look […]