The biggest harm is the torrent of AI generated misinformation used to manipulate people. Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to come up with a solution for that.
Solution is local AI running under user control and imposing the users views. Like AdBlock, but for ideas. Fight fire with fire, we need our own agents to deal with other agents out there.
How are we all leaping to the bad? The world is better than it was 20 years ago.
I'm almost certain we'll have AI assistants telling us relevant world news and information, keeping us up to tabs with everything we need to know, and completely removing distractions from life.
... While humongous swathes of the population lose their jobs and livelihoods because of megacorps like M$ controlling the AI that replaces everyone, steals everything and shits out endless spam.
But we'll be able to talk to it and it'll give us the M$-approved news sound bites, such progress
