Revisiting Astronomer Frank Shu's AI Predictions from 1982

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Frank Shu (1943-2023) was a highly regarded Chinese-American astronomer. He played an instrumental role in identifying the physical mechanisms that allowed spiral galaxies to form their beautiful shapes. He also wrote the introductory astronomy textbook, "The Physical Universe" in 1982, which taught a generation of astronomers the basics of the subject. His final chapter of the book covers his predictions for the future, which includes his thoughts on artificial intelligence. I firmly believe that a lot of his thoughts from over 40 years ago still ring true to this very day.

Frank Shu: The Forever Fighter
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2406780121?doi=10.1073/pnas.2406780121