Optimism for the future

Whatever happened to AI being exciting? All I hear these days are people either being doomers or those desperately trying prove that AI hype is overblown. I think everything in the future is currently incredibly speculative and we don’t really know what is going to happen. If we focus on what is happening currently I think we can see AI developments are very promising. Those who raising red flags in the tech industry shouldn’t be taken as pouring water on a flame. We obviously need to be skeptical that AI could be misused in the hands of powerful people or could become dangerous on it’s own. The sole purpose of nuclear weapons are to kill people when used, and there are enough to kill all of humanity. Yet were all still here. That’s just one example. Safety is always a top priority, but the purpose of AI is not to kill us. It’s not harm us. Its to better humanity. We should learn to appreciate and admire technology like that more