I have never been a fan of theories that give agency to superhuman phenomena. In Sapiens, the author argues that wheat enslaved humanity into producing more of

I have never been a fan of theories that give agency to superhuman phenomena. In Sapiens, the author argues that wheat enslaved humanity into producing more of it. Sure it's an interesting way to think about this, but it's not what is happening. People grow wheat because it has a lot of nutriments and can be kept in grains, and can be harvested twice a year. Similarly you look at your phone because you find it useful not because it enslaved you into doing it. Sure you lose some things when you have the worlds knowledge at your fingertips, but you win a lot too. When you had to look up the GDP of France in a book, it was harder to have fact-based arguments... Anyway, I think General AI can become a very bad thing, but we shouldn't confuse it with "phones are controlling our lives" cause that simply isn't true.