I feel like we're in the part of the dystopian SciFi movie where they explain how civilization discovered some technological advance that they thought would be

I feel like we're in the part of the dystopian SciFi movie where they explain how civilization discovered some technological advance that they thought would be a panacea to all their woes. And despite not really understanding it or it's limitations, just started slapping it on absolutely everything, and before they know what happened everything comes crashing down.