At SF Tech Week, a vibe check on how people in Silicon Valley feel about the AI boom
NPR visited San Francisco Tech Week to gauge how people in Silicon Valley actually feel about the AI boom. The mood was largely optimistic but tinged with anxiety about how long the current wave of growth and excitement can last.
Why this matters: The people building AI tools are not uniformly certain this ends well. That matters. When insiders are privately worried about sustainability, it is worth paying attention to what they are building in the meantime and who bears the cost if things unravel. Enthusiasm does not equal confidence. And a lot of decisions about data, privacy, and automated systems are being locked in right now, before anyone knows how the story ends.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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