I personally believe that there are real silver linings to this. It's anecdotal, but I've seen people who don't normally reflect on their lives actually start t

I personally believe that there are real silver linings to this. It's anecdotal, but I've seen people who don't normally reflect on their lives actually start to contextualize their role as workers, even if through fear of disruption. Pointing out that it's not inherently AI's fault, more the way we've constructed our society - that the underlying goal is not to sustainably maximize wellbeing but to maximize wealth created (which leads to no safety net to keep the labor pool large and incentivizes the creation of AI to replace people cheaply) - is as important as dispelling "sci-fi self-awareness and autonomy" fears when talking about AI. And there have been much stupider "public discourse" fads. They're not going anywhere and I'll take what I can get, honestly.