The technological optimists maintain that technology, above all else will save mankind from its hubris, as for every problem, there is a technological fix. I cam to doubt this long ago, and my neo-Ludditism was confirmed with my Covid vax coverage, which continues, and is graver by the day, and the injury and mortality aftermath. But, apart from the biological threats, artificial intelligence is another challenge. Not only is there the threat of replacement of workers in the short term by clever machines that will even flip burgers, but there is the wider threat of self-aware AI deciding that humans are pests and must go, a scenario well depicted in the Terminator movies. When one thinks about it, there is no reason at all why, if thinking, self-aware, and autonomous AI comes to exist, and building it is something that those like Elon Musk strive to do, such machines would want to let humans live, even as pets. Could these machines simply see carbon-based life forms as taking up vital space on the planet? And, lacking human emotions and empathy, such machines would be cold, mechanical killers, by definition. These thoughts need to be considered, since it shows a gaping hole in the techno-optimist philosophy.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-01-27-experts-warn-ai-takeover-render-humanity-extinct.html