We’re living in a strange limbo as AI exits geek circles to sweep the public consciousness and private marketplace of everyday normies. Ethics concerns and doomsday scenarios aside, do these things have staying power? — This post originally appeared in my Substack newsletter. Subscribe for more essays. Humans love imagining a future landscape — or hellscape, depending on one’s view — of robots taking over the world à la Terminator. Even so, we’ve already delegated many critical tasks to artificial intelligence, from regulatory paperwork to…