If you want another side data point, most people I know both in Japan and Canada use some sort of an AI as a replacement for any kind of query. Almost nobody in my circles are in tech or tech-adjacent circles.

So yeah, it’s just everyone collectively devaluing human interaction.

> I have been completely shocked by the number of people in the tech industry who seem to genuinely place no value on humanity [...]

Who do they think will make their ventures profitable? Who do they think will take their dollars and provide goods and services in exchange?

If automation reaches the point where 99% of humans add no value to the "owners" then the "owners" will own nothing.

Making predictions on how it will turn out VS designing how it should be. Up til now, powerful people needed lots and lots of other humans to sustain their power&life. Thus that dependency gave the masses leverage. Now I'd like a society we're everyone is valued for being human and stuff. With democracies we got quite far in that direction. Attempts to go even further... Let's just say "didn't work out". And right now, especially in the US, the societal system seems to go back to "power" instead rules.

Yeah, I see a bleak future ahead. Guess that's life, after all.

Those nerds can now develop an AI robot to make love to their wives while they get back to blogging about accelerationism with all the time they freed up.

> no value on humanity

It's practically the definition of psychopathy.

That's what unfettered capitalism gets you

I can't say I'm shocked. Disappointed, maybe, but it's hardly surprising to see the sociopathic nature in the people fighting tooth and nail for the validation of venture capitalists who will not be happy until they own every single cent on earth.

There are good people everywhere, but bring good and ethical stands in the way of making money, so most of the good people lose out in the end.

AI is the perfect technology for those who see people as complaining cogs in an economic machine. The current AI bubble is the first major advancement where these people go mask off; when people unapologetically started trying to replace basic art and culture with "efficient" machines, people started noticing.

"Hell on Earth" - I don't think there is a more succinct or accurate way to describe the current environment.