Was there this much hand-wringing during previous AI boom/bust cycles? There's a lot of fear and emotion swirling around AI/machine learning right now, and I'm curious if that's been the case in the past as well.
Well drones have really captured the imagination of the public this time, and we have very public and popular tech leaders warning the public about AI.
Combine that with the 24/7 media clickbait cycle, I think we have a unique situation.
In addition, the machines didn't have so much control of our news input and conversation the last time around.