Something tells me that if this succeeds, I'm not going to be living in a Culture-esque utopia.

It's amazing how AI has caused people to completely lose their minds. I think it's something to do with the fascination humans have with things that embody human-like characteristics (parrots / crows being a good example) coupled by it lighting up the parts of our brain normally reserved for religion.

Is AI useful? 100% - I use it as an aid all the time. Is it going to continue to grow exponentially? Well, it's already slowed down quite a bit compared with gpt2 to gpt3 to 3.5 to 4. Is it going to replace every worker? This is crazy talk.

I’d love that too, but a lot of the people don’t seem that convinced. They are emotionally attached to working for a living and dying of old age.