the more I read about how AI is being used, the more I'm coming to the conclusion that despite me personally find it quite useful in my work, and even my personal life to some extent, it is a net negative to society as a whole, and if the choice is between zero AI or the AI that is being deployed, we'd be better out without it

what significant improvements to society or humanity have come about as direct result of AI, that wouldn't have been achieved without it? faster protein folding is the only one I can think of and that more a matter of "faster" than "impossible without AI"

I think at some point there's going to be some version of the Butlerian Jihad

I mean, "AI" as it presents itself in the zeitgeist is in its infancy. It's like making conclusions about the internet in the late 90s. Whatever it becomes likely hardly resembles what it is now. For better or for worse.