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I, very genuinely, highly recommend reading the Wikipedia page about the Luddites if you feel confused. This is a class consciousness problem. People feel conflicted because they know they aren't acting in their own best interests when they use generative AI (i.e. it does not lead us, as a society, to a good place -- mainly due to our bought-out legislature).

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Again, I don't think there is any universal truths here, no correct nor incorrect answers, it's all very subjective. For example, I'm conflicted about the thing as a whole, but also I wouldn't say "Usage of generative AI for sure leads society to a worse place" like you just implied, that's too absolute for me and not something I'd agree with, and it wouldn't resolve the conflicts we're talking about here.

Maybe your legislative feels bought out, that sucks, but that's not the situation nor the feeling everywhere in the world, certainly not where I live, so also doesn't seem to be related although if I assume where you live, I totally understand why you're currently feeling like that.

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> that's not the situation nor the feeling everywhere in the world, certainly not where I live

Do you expect your government to navigate whatever transition might await us in a manner that works out well for the vast majority of your countrymen? What about the governments of other major world powers? Even if your local government does all the right things, will the world as a whole end up in a good place?

That said, I'm not sure that there's much in the way of actionable options, at least not with clearly defined outcomes.

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> Do you expect your government to navigate whatever transition might await us in a manner that works out well for the vast majority of your countrymen?

No, but I expect them to do the best they can, with the information they have available, as always, as they just like me, are just humans. Trusting the legislative branch of my government is different from "so you think it'll work out well for everyone then huh?", btw.

> What about the governments of other major world powers?

Why does it matter how much I trust the legislative branch from other countries? They do as they wish, we continue to do as we wish.

> Even if your local government does all the right things, will the world as a whole end up in a good place?

My experience and opinion is that generally the world is getting better almost every day, vast difference even compared to ten years ago, how much better the world is today, for most people. There are some few countries which lately been going in the wrong direction, but for the most part, we (humanity) are getting incrementally better.

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> Trusting the legislative branch of my government is different from "so you think it'll work out well for everyone then huh?", btw.

Agreed, and that was exactly my point. Concern about possible impacts of a technology were expressed and you responded that you trust your government. But that's not the same as thinking that everything is headed in a good direction and doesn't require intervention.

> Why does it matter how much I trust the legislative branch from other countries?

Because in a globalized world if everyone else goes to shit you will probably also experience significant negative effects even if it's not as bad.

> for the most part, we (humanity) are getting incrementally better.

It seems to me that it's prudent to perform a risk assessment rather than assuming that everything will work out just because things seem to have been going well enough so far.

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I feel like you're trying to move this conversation in a direction of discussing policy, while the context are individuals, their emotions and how they feel about things, that's how the conversation started. I never talked about how much I trust/distrust my government, all I said was that I trust the legislative branch, as parent commentator said they didn't trust their legislative branch. How much I distrust/trust my government at large is hardly on topic here, I also don't think because one (large) country been bought out, doesn't mean the entire world goes to shit, nor do I assume that everything everywhere will work out simply because I'm admitting that I too am conflicted, even though I too use AI-tooling, even though I'm a creative that like manual crafted things, even though I trust the legislative branch of my government.

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I don't think it's an attempt to shift the focus of the conversion when the points I raised are directly relevant to the matter at hand. The Luddites were brought up and your response is that you have faith in your elected representatives. My point is that there's a lot more to the picture than just whether or not one's own country makes a reasonable attempt at navigating the situation. The expected longer term social and economic consequences are what directly determine how people feel about the technology.