[RetroTechie]

It used to be that society always took some time (read: decades or generations) to absorb new technology. To percolate into various niches, people understanding how it works & how to use, its limits/drawbacks, getting used to its effects, etc. Even mass-production machinery takes time to build.

Modern AI has taken those brakes off. Humans are taken out of the loop. IT infrastructure that modern society leans so heavily on, could be overhauled overnight into a very different beast. We wouldn't know what's happening before it hit us.

If anything, society should be reluctant to give AI powered systems 'hands & feet'. Use systems offline where possible. But we don't. Maybe some "Morris worm of the AI age" will get us to pay attention.

Whatever is coming, if it's bad we probably deserve it.