Giga-rich dude with massive AI investments extols the virtues of AI while minimizing obvious harms. Are we seriously past the point of questioning such an obvious conflict of interest?

Guns are an equalizer for physical strength, and AI could be an equalizer for mental capability. That’s essentially what many people are saying when they talk about the benefits of AI, maybe without even realizing that’s what they mean. People aren’t very aware or reflective, in general.

Now put those two together and you get the Second Variety.

Or you maybe get something like X-Men, where abilities are akin to something like magic.

Yes, people and life will always suck. No, that doesn’t mean that we should give up and not do things.

Advocate for responsibility, like implementing rules against drunk drinking. Don’t advocate for removing roads altogether.