
Kevin Kelly believes this is a good time to enter the field of artificial intelligence—but not because of the hype over ChatGPT, the A.I. chatbot that gained more than 100 million monthly active users in just over 60 days after its November launch.
Instead, Kelly—a futurist, author, and the founding executive editor of Wired magazine—thinks that from the perspective of several decades hence, there are no A.I. experts today. That means those entering the field now, or in the near future, will have plenty of time to make their mark.