I love the language of this article :-)... it may be florid, but that's quintessentially human.
About the substance, I agree that there are fair grounds for concern, and it's not just about mathematics.
The best case scenario is rejection and prohibition of uses of AI that fundamentally threaten human autonomy. It is theoretically possible to do so, but since capital and power are pro-AI[^1], getting there requires a social revolution that upends the current world order. Even if one were to happen, the results wouldn't last for too long. Unless said revolution were so utterly radical that would set us in a return trajectory to the middle ages (I have something of the sort published somewhere, check my profile!).
I'm an optimist when it comes to the enabling power of AI for a select few. But I'm a pessimist otherwise: if the richest nation on Earth can't educate its citizens, what hope is there that humans will be able to supervise and control AI for long? Given our current trajectory, if nothing changes, we are set for civilization catastrophe.
[^1]: Replacing expensive human labor is the most powerful modern economic incentive I know of. Money wants, money gets.
I would say that I am envy that someone can write like that. I can't write in such manner in my native language, let alone in the second one: English.
It is nice to read or hear someone speaking like that, considering we are surrounded by low quality, easy to consume content nowadays.
And I am envy of such skill because I like to think about myself as not entirely being stupid, still I would never be able to write/speak this way because I just do not have an aptitude towards that.
English is my second language too - ironically I am not so as proficient in my mother tongue, due to globalisation/imperialism. But it's ok, fortunately I love the language!
About the substance, I agree that there are fair grounds for concern, and it's not just about mathematics.
The best case scenario is rejection and prohibition of uses of AI that fundamentally threaten human autonomy. It is theoretically possible to do so, but since capital and power are pro-AI[^1], getting there requires a social revolution that upends the current world order. Even if one were to happen, the results wouldn't last for too long. Unless said revolution were so utterly radical that would set us in a return trajectory to the middle ages (I have something of the sort published somewhere, check my profile!).
I'm an optimist when it comes to the enabling power of AI for a select few. But I'm a pessimist otherwise: if the richest nation on Earth can't educate its citizens, what hope is there that humans will be able to supervise and control AI for long? Given our current trajectory, if nothing changes, we are set for civilization catastrophe.
[^1]: Replacing expensive human labor is the most powerful modern economic incentive I know of. Money wants, money gets.