In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will be proved to be wrong, maybe even embarrassingly wrong. A good question to ask yourself today is “what might I be wrong about?” – from Excellent Advice for Living

In this age of AI, which is an incredible disruptor, it’s interesting to think back about past changes. I heard someone recently compare the AI revolution to the change from assembler to C (high level languages). That’s interesting, but I think it might be even more impactful.

And I’m a little worried.

In any case, 100 years ago we were in the boom of the stock market, the roaring 20s. The teletype was in use, people thought after WWI that life would be amazing and we’d never go to war like that again.

I can’t imagine 100 years, but I have been skeptical of AI, especially writing good code. At this point, after more testing, I think I was wrong about AI being a disruptor for tech. With advances in robotics, I truly worry that AI might cause serious challenges for humanity.

I hope I’m wrong.

In terms of databases, I constantly think relational systems are the best all-around store and a good choice for most work. I constantly ask myself if I could be wrong. I don’t think I am, but I keep asking the question.

It’s good to ask yourself this type of question. Have those strong opinions, but loosely held.

I’ve been posting New Words on Fridays from a book I was reading, however, a friend thought they were a little depressing. They should be as they are obscure sorrows. I like them because they make me think.

To counter-balance those, I’m adding in thoughts on advice, mostly from Kevin Kelley’s book. You can read all these posts under the advice tag.