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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.