AI Builders Follow Quantum Playbook: Build First, Understand Later

Just as engineers built transistors without fully grasping quantum mechanics, today's AI developers are deploying systems despite unresolved debates about consciousness and alignment. The 1947 Bell Labs transistor, built 20 years after the Solvay Conference, launched the digital age on incomplete understanding. The article argues that uncertainty is not a barrier but the terrain for progress, urging builders to iterate and let AI reveal itself through use.