yep. the biological term is "spandrel"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandrel_(biology)

Interesting, this is the same argument made by social theorist Evengy Morozov: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/04/data-p...

so did Kevin Kelly, in "The Inevitable". He stretches the electrical metaphor for about a chapter.

"The AI on the horizon looks more like Amazon Web Services — ... This common utility will serve you as much IQ as you want but no more than you need. You’ll simply plug into the grid and get AI as if it was electricity. It will enliven objects, much as electricity did more than a century past."

It's not just AI. Here's Jeff Bezos talking about the internet as electrification

https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_bezos_on_the_next_web_innovat...

seems a rather common metaphor for a sweeping wave of technological change.

'Spandrel' is the technical term for a feature that is the byproduct of some other evolutionary adaptation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandrel_(biology)

Facebook had a great deal of insight into Instagram's growth due to Facebook Connect. They could see internally how many people were signing up for Instagram, how many people from their networks they were inviting and connecting with, and other indicators of activity.

Link for the lazy https://www.tradingschools.org/reviews/fractal-alerts/

Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube

Try using Hola Unblocker, a handy Chrome/Firefox extension that allows you to get around regional blocks

Thanks, worked perfectly.

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Add ?share=1 as a parameter at the end to get rid of the nagging modal window.

Done, thanks

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