Strong AI Is a Distant Concern, Complementarity Is the Present Opportunity

• The debate around "strong AI"—the idea of computers eclipsing humans on every important dimension—is a distraction from the real work to be done today.
• Whether strong AI is a utopian dream or an existential threat, it is not an immediate concern for the coming decades.
• Indefinite fears about the far future should not prevent us from making definite plans to build a better world now.
• The most valuable work for entrepreneurs today lies in finding new ways for computers to help humans solve hard problems, not in worrying about a hypothetical, distant future of replacement.