- The first driver has to do with what I experienced with AlphaGo: great power competition. - Second comes a global research ecosystem with its ingrained rituals rewarding open publication, curiosity, and the pursuit of new ideas at all costs. - Then come the immense financial gains from technology and the urgent need to tackle our global social challenges. - And the final driver is perhaps the most human of all: ego. **:: Reference ::** [[The Coming Wave]]