[mrdependable]

It would be difficult, but not necessarily THAT difficult. With enough pushback from the public, AI would start getting regulated in meaningful ways. The problem is too many people love it, and see no problem with it. Because the momentum and money is on their side, it feels like it is impossible. Maybe things will turn out fine and we will just live in a similar but more depressing future, but if the pro-AI crowd gets bit and changes sides that could be a turning point.

[munksbeer]

> Maybe things will turn out fine and we will just live in a similar but more depressing future

Or things could turn out more than fine and we progress as we've always progressed, towards more abundance and humans in 30 years will live massively better lives than we live today, just as we live massively better lives than people at just about any previous point in history.

[joquarky]

> more abundance

This is blatantly unsustainable.

> just about any previous point in history

The late 1990s is an exception for most people.

It sounds like things are going well for you. Be mindful of psychological projection.

[munksbeer]

> It sounds like things are going well for you. Be mindful of psychological projection.

It sounds like things might not be going well for you. I'm sorry. But be mindful of bias or seductive doomerism. The median person in the world today lives a much better life than about any previous point in history.