The nanotechnology buzz of the past should inform the way we view AI

As exciting new AI-based technologies continue to emerge, it is not clear that people in the AI field are applying the lessons learned from nanotechnology. Twenty years ago, nanotechnology was the artificial intelligence of its time. The specific details of these technologies are, of course, a world apart. But the challenges of ensuring each technology’s responsible and beneficial development are surprisingly alike. Nanotechnology, which is technologies at the scale of individual atoms and mo...