Thank you @neavvy - my upvote & resteem per your kind request. I believe technology leading to AI is the catalyst that has lead humanity to capitalize on its worst trait and least common denominator: GREED. This will ultimately lead to self-destruction (without an act of God I hope & pray is soon coming!).
Simple case in point - why isn't internet access free for all now that customers have fully funded the infrastructure?? You could argue that such infrastructure needs to be maintained - well fund that via taxing all the corporate profits gleaned from internet paying people sitting home in their PJ's shopping, ordering and buying 24 x 7. Of course not, because the greed at the top has to find a way to double tax those who don't have the $ that makes $$$....this mindset can be applied all the way to the top of the technology chain - until the powers that be eat themselves when no one else is left to be eaten.
I would have been thrilled if technology stopped at Windows 95 (when there were no pop-up ads!), 3 or 4 TV channels, pagers, pay phones and independent voice mail boxes. We did just fine, and people were kind to each other while enjoying life so much more harmoniously. Sadly, those days are gone - and the primary cause is the direct result of technology's trajectory.
Thank you for your comment @lanceman
That's true, greed may result in self-destruction. This is especially obvious for me when I see the scientists talking about global warming. There is a strong scientific evidence that it is caused by humans, but politicians are unresponsive to these arguments, as from the short-term view it is completely unprofitable to take care about global warming. That's really terrifies me, and I will be probably preparing an article about this soon.
Amen @neavvy - and there is strong evidence to support that there was once a nuclear planet destruction event on Mars....and I wonder how the sun might have caught fire.....hmmmm...