Technological advancements in various fields such as the cost of lithium-ion batteries and solar panels have been observed to improve exponentially, similar to Moore's law in computers. This trend of double-digit exponential growth beyond computers became apparent around 2014 or 2015, prompting further investigation into these accelerating technologies.
The world of today would seem alien to someone living 30 years ago: people seduced by their screens in private and public and now AI blurring the lines between humans and the machine. Author and technologist Azeem Azhar chronicles the pace of change and asks whether the human experience can cope with that pace while preserving what is fundamentally human.