I have begun reading a book “The Coming Wave” by Suleyman the founder of DeepMind. Have you read it?
He opens right away in his prologue that people have Pessimism Aversion, basically sticking their heads in the sand to ignore the reality that one person can use DNA tools to kill a billion people or that AI has the potential to far surpass human intelligence and go in its own direction that leads to mass death.
The only safe solution I know of is a totalitarian world government that strictly limits any research until we can somehow KNOW these advanced can be made safely and probably that rolls most people back to pre-computer technology. Suleyman’s counterpoint is that being a Luddite opens supposedly equally risky vulnerability to climate change, aging populations, etc. My response would be I would gladly take any of those manageable problems instead of turning my fate over to a dark god we launch and cannot understand.
I will continue reading. I will also stay in my relatively safer remote farm. 😂