> As a conclusion, does the good or the bad outweigh the other? It seems positive on a technological level to me, but bleak on a societal level. I think it's i

> As a conclusion, does the good or the bad outweigh the other? It seems positive on a technological level to me, but bleak on a societal level. I think it's interesting that so many technologists today apparently hold a world view in which technology developments that could drive a "bleak" societal outlook can still be described as "positive". In the final analysis, isn't technology supposed to benefit society? Isn't that the point?