Sept 29 The AC/DC AI Hoax
Episode S5 · Ep 245 1 min
Sept 29 The AC/DC AI Hoax We-re hearing now that AI is gonna kill us. It reminds me back in the late 19th century when Thomas Edison was at war against Nikola Tesla. Edison advocated for DC to recur, which flows in one direction and it was the standard in the early days of electricity. Tesla developed AC, alternating current, which reverses directions millions of times a second. Edison launched campaigns to discredit AC, claiming it was dangerous. He conducted public demonstrations where he e...

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