I don't remember where I read this, there was someone making the argument that the whole marketing around AI is (like many tech innovations) based around its inevitability, but "we" should still have a word to say about whether we want it or not. Especially when the whole shtick is how profoundly it will modify society.

If you have a bit of time, I recommend the short story "The Seasons of the Ansarac" by Ursula K. Le Guin, which is about a society and its choice about how to deal with technological disruption.

https://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/seasons_of_ans...

(It's a little bit non-obvious, but there's a "Part 2" link at the bottom of the page which goes to the second half of the story.)