Raw LLM Responses

I don't have time to reply in full - there's a lot in your post - and I this isn't the encouragement you're likely hoping for... I'm in the tech industry and have several teams working on AI solutions for multiple different problems in my sector of the world. I'll try my best to only talk empirically, but then again much of this has to be conjecture as we can only guess at what happens tomorrow. 1) Yep, no getting around this. The top 1% has a dream of replacing all humans with cheap robots that will do the same work. I've seen this actively and it scares the hell out of me. Upper management doesn't have a care or concern for feeding anyone but themselves. 2) Again, Yep. As a race we're easily addicted and don't have much ability to control our urges. We have shown time and again that this will be done to our own destruction. The 'brakes' are supposed to be applied at the government level to help keep our capitalistic society fair and equal, but our government (in the US) is just broken and too driven my $$ to care. 3) Automated tellers, checkers, drive through ordering, anywhere and everywhere you don't need 'hands are up for grabs here. 4) QC is one of the things Upper Management is trying to force into AI first. We'll have robots looking over robots soon. 5) Humanity will collapse without value in our lives. Sure, some artists will thrive, but there are those of us that need work to feel value. I'm really worried for this aspect. 6) Governments are decades behind on tech. Too many 80 year olds in charge with no understanding of what they govern. The corruption, which I don't want to make this about, is slowing down their reaction time as well. Along with gerrymandering and other truly frightening behaviors that were supposed to be controlled by govt. 7) I'm a high earner, according to the tax code, but really only feel comfortable. I'm not rich to be sure. But if this is what it takes for all of us to feel comfortable we're on a road to destruction