AI researchers are not a monolith. I definitely think that many of them are motivated by greed. Many are also true believers that AI will improve the human cond

AI researchers are not a monolith. I definitely think that many of them are motivated by greed. Many are also true believers that AI will improve the human condition. I fall in the latter camp, but I think its a bit naive to claim that there is not a sizable contingent who are in AI solely to become rich and powerful.