You are on the right track. The truth is whether its making the world better or not is unknowable. To know it you have to know the future. Which is why peopl

You are on the right track. The truth is whether its making the world better or not is unknowable. To know it you have to know the future. Which is why people who strive to make value judgement always do so by predicting the future. But even if you get it right, the future has future still. Whats immediately bad might be good for the big picture, vice versa. This is doubly true for complex things like AI. All I'm saying is that with thing like AI its entirely dishonest to say its making the world better with a straight face. It is what it is. Don't fool yourself by thinking you're doing it for 'the greater good'.