People talk a lot about “Peak AI” — but consider this challenge: can AI give you a genuine “Good morning” greeting?
Not just parroting “Good morning”, but doing so knowing what that entails for you, reflecting on why and letting you know.
Is it considering the surfacing the latest news relevant to you?
Reminding you of a birthday?
Flagging an overnight system alert?
Or a note about the weather based on your planned activities?
Provide a critical analysis of what you need to do that day?
That sort of personal AI is still beyond mainstream offerings today. To get an AI to respond to this sort of thing you would have to program it in especially. And that’s the point: we’re not at “Peak AI” yet.
History is full of bold (and famously wrong) predictions about the limits of technology.
Bill Gates allegedly said 640kb of RAM should be enough for everyone.
IBM’s Thomas J. Watson supposedly estimated a total market for five computers.
(Both later denied it, of course.)
But Gordon Moore’s optimism has aged better. His 1965 prediction that computing power would keep doubling has guided us for decades — and still holds in spirit today.
The lesson? Technology doesn’t stagnate. It evolves. Sometimes gradually, sometimes through leaps.
AI will too. The danger right now isn’t underestimating it — it’s overhyping it. Pretending it can do more than it actually can.
Our job is to keep pushing at the edges. To turn the impossible into the inevitable.
The future is, as ever, ahead of us — and it looks promising. One of these days we might even solve the Good Morning problem. And perhaps global warming. Hopefully before lunch.
