Let’s Spend $10 Trillion on AI That Improves the Real World, Not Just Ads

Four years ago, right around the time the concept of the metaverse became fashionable, I wrote a post calling it a “dystopian nightmare.” I argued that instead of diving into virtual worlds, we should all do more to connect with the real world around us. Time will tell if the metaverse will eventually come to fruition, but with global business and leisure travel, as well as live event attendance, blowing past pre-pandemic levels in 2024 and 2025, it’s pretty clear humans weren’t meant to live...