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@Luzgar
June 16, 2026 at 4:39 pm
Technological progress is not an inevitable prophecy that would have eventually became true.
There is an infinity of directions we can progress toward.
It’s the result of a chain of decisions.
@kelvincannon3675
June 16, 2026 at 4:41 pm
Every “revolution”… …(including “industrial”, but not limited to “industrial”)… …ever “revolted” has been because of innovations that take advantage of people doing any/everything other than that which would/should otherwise be prioritizing access to “actually secured personal-space(s)”, foreveryone individual’(s) who’d warrant a real-world “safe-space(s)”, type “SafetyPod(s)” first, & foremost of the time(s), @all times, & or for in the first place…
…so yeah “revolution’s” inevitable upon realizing, & or recognizing that the most heinous things are still, & or even more so possible courtesy of the brightest minds in the world, innovating the thought process to think about any/everything other than that which would/should otherwise be “actually securing” their own “personal-space(s)”, let alone foreveryone else’s/individual’(s), who’d warrant a real-world “safe-space(s)”, type “SafetyPod(s)” first, & foremost of the time(s), @all times, & or for in the first place.
@Luzgar
June 16, 2026 at 4:41 pm
Can the industrial revolution slow down just a bit to really think about where it’s heading next ?
Because there is a wall of planetary limits in the way.
@jojo-pk
June 16, 2026 at 4:41 pm
AI is good at coding. The thing is, coding is actually not the hard part in software development. And for the hard parts you still need people who actually understand how everything works. A machine automating the easy parts won’t take their jobs, no matter how much managers want to believe it.
@iamsam8446
June 16, 2026 at 4:44 pm
Regarding AI question/answer: AI is still in its relative infancy, and no it does not replace human labor entirely just as the machines in the industrial revolution didn’t. Cheap low skill goods are easily replaced, just the same as menial easily replicated tasks are done. This leaves more educated and skilled human capital available to innovate.
@User-54631
June 16, 2026 at 4:56 pm
We need more invention. We’ve been just innovating for decades now.
@ShiqNaiym
June 16, 2026 at 5:08 pm
Other factors ” slavery” lol
@Kathryn-Q
June 16, 2026 at 5:14 pm
“That’s the future. I’m a historian. I can’t handle that.”
More people should be so concise about their area of expertise. ..
@Tahoza
June 16, 2026 at 8:14 pm
Another stolen comment by a bot.
@gabbonoo
June 16, 2026 at 8:21 pm
“That’s the future. I’m a historian. I can’t handle that.”
More people should be so concise about their area of expertise. ..
@lowbudgetmic
June 16, 2026 at 5:18 pm
That edits 😮😮😮❤❤
@markedis5902
June 16, 2026 at 5:27 pm
More canals in Birmingham than in Venice
@Dudditz_TTV
June 16, 2026 at 5:27 pm
Yeah, he doesn’t sound like he actually knows much about AI.
@6thdayblue59
June 16, 2026 at 5:32 pm
An American discussing the British Industrial Revolution. The internet doesn’t get crazier than this.
What a lovely guy, but Wired may have hung this interesting and knowledgeable man ‘out to dry’. We do not comment on you, therefore you do not comment on us. That is a rule of centuries with you, our ‘cousins over the pond’.
This was framed for the US audience only without a single thought about the World Wide Web being global.
Wired, you messed up here folks. You hung this amazing and knowledgeable man ‘out to dry’ in the World, purely in pursuit of ‘clicks’
Please don’t do this again.
Peace, Love and Reality to our ‘cousins over the Pond’ we still love you as people x
@treyelrey8548
June 16, 2026 at 5:33 pm
5:09 PAUSE bc how did that handle not get flagged? 😂😂😂
@treyelrey8548
June 16, 2026 at 5:39 pm
9:54 IT HAPPENED AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣
@TheSkinnyZ
June 16, 2026 at 6:06 pm
2:33 and this is why humans are trash. They’re like „let’s exploit the earth and put ourselves in danger, but let’s also take an innocent creature as a sacrifice for our own safety.“
@macdisciple
June 16, 2026 at 6:10 pm
Disagree. AI writes better than at least half of college freshmen.
@Axle-F
June 16, 2026 at 6:14 pm
I enjoyed his answers even though he speaks like he’s about to burp but never does
@chekote
June 16, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Horses are technology now? 😂
@electryc03
June 16, 2026 at 7:04 pm
Impressive speaker. I love history. I love how he goes on and tells it how it is, not deviating to pamper fictional narrations. Not one part of his explanations did I disagree with.
@NelielSugiura
June 16, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Industrial Revolution Support… IRS for short. ;p
@martinedmonds2285
June 16, 2026 at 7:12 pm
Actually Oldsmobile had the first assembly line. Ford just perfected it.
@amandablomquist5678
June 16, 2026 at 7:31 pm
please tell me if i’m the only one who thinks he looks fake old? LMFAO not that he is obviously but if someone on a movie set had to turn an actor into an oldie for a scene this is how i imagine it to look HAHAHA AM I THE ONLY ONE
@JW_Steed
June 16, 2026 at 7:36 pm
LOVE this man. Please bring Professer Rees back for more.
@SuperShecky
June 16, 2026 at 7:47 pm
“I wonder if people felt the same level of panic during the industrial revolution as they are with AI today.”
Good question. I wish it had been answered.
Curiously, his response sounds like 19th century tradespeople could be justifiably anxious, as the the industrial revolution made many skills obsolete, whereas, AI is making people anxious despite not really threatening skilled workers, because AI performs so poorly? Yeah, like I said, the question isn’t answered. And his response feels a bit axe-grindy and ambiguous.
@Amonimus
June 16, 2026 at 7:54 pm
In our university we were taught there are four industrial revolutions corresponding to meta levels of assembly that is automated, you can’t go beyond factories that build factories.
@estebancastellino3284
June 16, 2026 at 9:01 pm
👍
@DunderandBlitzen-z9o
June 16, 2026 at 9:02 pm
How could you expect the population to react any other way when the government conceived, planned, approved, and rolled all this out in secret.