Does anyone actually *want* AI to keep advancing?

Data says no.

It’s a surreal time to be alive, isn’t it?

We’ve got tech billionaires in a race to the finish line of humanity as we know it (but not before building their own doomsday bunkers, ofc), while their wealth could save millions from starvation and/or fund significant advancements in the fight against climate change.

Meanwhile, we mere mortals are trying to upskill alongside AI’s rapidity, while harbouring the feeling that we’re just helping to build our own replacement(s).

Before I continue, let me be clear: I’m not anti-AI in its entirety. I know it has incredible potential to be a much-needed force for good in the world — particularly in the realms of healthcare, education and climate science.

But we all know this, right? It’s not the good stuff that sparks existential dread.

And it’s certainly not the good stuff that drove hundreds of highly esteemed pub…