

Can you name a single technology or human endeavour that doesn’t have negative side effects or potential for abuse?
The rise of anti-AI sentiment isn’t based on objective measurements of societal harms, it’s a meme because it’s new and popular and, like all memes, some people feed on the outrage-based reinforcement generated by social media interactions.
I’m not saying that there are no problems with AI. I’m saying that people are treating it as if it were a massive problem because their perception is warped by social media.
Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well