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You answered your own question. People are 'too scared' to share their thoughts so they share AIs instead. I suspect if you scared people about the use of AI, there may be an increase in usage.

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Did you mean decrease in your last sentence? Or do you simply mean any solution will make the problem worse?

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Any solution that isn't based on first principles will make the problem worst. And even then, the first principles might show that you can't fix it. But at least you will know.