This chart on the diffusion of AI technologies is astonishing. This new wave of technological advance is arriving at almost 10 times the pace of the internet and 20 times the speed of cell phones.

We know that half of Americans worry about AI. But the soon-arriving advances to enhance human welfare will arrive much sooner than ever imagined. These include medical breakthroughs that will bring early detection and cures for cancer, the end of traffic delays, robots that will build new homes at half the cost, flying cars, an end to material poverty and “affordability” issues.

We say: the sooner the better