, Columnist
AI’s Rise Means Change Will Happen Even Faster
The events of 2023 show that huge and sudden gains in innovation are still possible.
What a difference a year makes.
Photographer: Olivier Douliery/AFP
This article is for subscribers only.
So what did we learn this year? Specifically, I am asking how the real-world events of the past 12 months should have caused us to update our social scientific views. In a year rich with news, which insights turned out to be more useful, or less?
The first big lesson from 2023 is hopeful: Huge gains in technology can be made very quickly.