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> - giving more power to people eventually leads to a disaster (e.g. industrial revolution and climate change)

This sure is a take.

> - jealous because I didn't choose an ML path at uni

Unless by "ML path at uni" you mean "PhD in ML/AI at a good research university", undergraduate-level "ML" is a trash fire and borderline scam. The bog-standard computer science curriculum as it would have been taught in the 80s is still the gold standard IMHO.

Now, on to the question. My fear is that we hyped AI too much. When inevitably the reality doesn't match the sky-high expectation, I fear the general public will associate AI and computer science in general with crypto, witch doctors and other assorted trash, which it very obviously isn't.

I see a skizoid attitude that combines attributing to AI capabilities it doesn't have, and refusing to accept what AI can do very well. Currently, the first part dominates the conversation, but tables can easily turn unless we start being more realistic.

Or maybe I'm just stupid and chatbots truly are that revolutionary, but somehow I doubt it.