> Raising the next generation to outsource all thinking to AI and form a culture around influencing people 45 seconds at a time will destroy those prerequisites to our better lifestyle, and it will be downhill from there.

absolutely

up until 2022 I was optimistic for the future

our current big problems: climate change, nuclear proliferation, global pandemics, dictatorships, antibiotic resistance, all seemed solvable over the long term

"AI" however is different

previously all human societies placed a high value on education

this is now gone, if anything spending time educating yourself is now a negative

I don't see how the species survives this new reality over the long term