<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Like AI, electricity and railways were dangerous... > Like AI, electricity and railways were dangerous because they reordered jobs, industries, institutions, and daily life; civilization did not make them safe by preventing them from changing everything, and no law could have made their disruption “safe” without making the transformation impossible. **Source:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat.]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Like AI, electricity and railways were dangerous because they reordered jobs, industries, institutions, and daily life; civilization did not make them safe by preventing them from changing everything, and no law could have made their disruption “safe” without making the transformation impossible.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ai-electricity-railways-making-transformation-impossible ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->