I think the big disanalogy between AI and the Industrial and Agricultural revolutions is that there seems to be a serious chance that an AI accident will kill us all. (And moreover this isn’t guaranteed; it’s something we have leverage over, by doing safety research and influencing policy to discourage arms races and encourage more safety research.) I can’t think of anything comparable for the IR or AR. Indeed, there are only two other cases in history of risk on that scale: Nuclear war and pandemics.
I think the big disanalogy between AI and the Industrial and Agricultural revolutions is that there seems to be a serious chance that an AI accident will kill us all. (And moreover this isn’t guaranteed; it’s something we have leverage over, by doing safety research and influencing policy to discourage arms races and encourage more safety research.) I can’t think of anything comparable for the IR or AR. Indeed, there are only two other cases in history of risk on that scale: Nuclear war and pandemics.