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I don't consider society in such ways because what we are seeing now is not a natural state of being. The global population is under educated, and that is by design. No one is taught how to think critically when it matters and then they are thrown into a world of non sense. Made worse by modern communication tools because people don't know how to process information and communicate.
It is not about learning to handle new tech responsibly. If we focused on educating our population social media wouldn't be so damaging.
AI already exists and is being used as a tool to further extract what is left by the people claiming it will be a good thing for the masses. It is not being made in a way to benefit everyone, and it is being built by people who want money and power. No average person will have a better life because AI is running more things, but a select few will be ever richer.
Exactly like what happened when mass production became a thing.
That's kind of my point though, nothing is every really designed for the food of humanity, we evolved in an environment and adapt or die. It may seem hopeless while we're living through it, and it may be 'different' than the past, but it's always different, from the wheel to agriculture to the printing press to mass production, things are always taken advantage of by those with the means to do so, and we always come out different in the other side, were just living through this one and everyone feels special in the time they're living through. Just imagine the days of the printing press and how powerful those who owned the press would appear.