Let’s say the Sumerians were gifted strong AI, simply as an exogenous shock to a historical model. Could they put it to much use? Electricity would be one immediate problem, but not the only problem.
Or give strong AI to a caveman.
Thomas Edison had electricity, but how much could he do with strong AI? Lord Asquith? Adlai Stevenson?
Where exactly are we in this historical sequence?
