Comment by tomhow

Your crass comment might have a point if (a) there was no real or potential upside to AI, and (b) the original comment focused on the negative consequences of AI. But it doesn't; it's just an enumeration of grievances about negative trends in the world, most of which predate the emergence of AI, and/or are orthogonal to it.

The people who are optimistic about AI believe it can help to address or reverse these trends. It's fine to debate the merits of that belief, but the original comment wasn't trying to do anything like that.