[notorious_pgb]

tl;dr: Yes; at least some of us are. I deeply am.

I wouldn't normally post a link to my blog in the comments of another thread -- I'm really not trying to shamelessly plug here -- it's just _incredibly_ relevant, and I've already poured my heart and soul into writing out exactly what I think here, so I think it's germane:

https://prettygoodblog.com/p/the-big-secret-that-big-ai-does...

> I cannot write the necessary philosophical screed this deserves, but: there are things which make us human and in our individual humanity unique; these things are art and skill of any kind; and it so greatly behooves one to strive to master art in any and all its forms.

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The opening of your post made me think of a scifi writing prompt where, in a dystopic future, people are paying mega tech-corporations thousands of dollars per month to replace their meat brain with a subpar artificial one just to become more productive corporate ~~slaves~~workers.

[notorious_pgb]

It seems to me that once things like Neuralink start being used for more than strictly restoring functionality in injured or disabled individuals -- once there's a competitive advantage to have one -- it'll quickly become an arms race.