While generative AI can’t become sentient, people can very much offload throught and information handling to the glorified autocorrect.

And once it starts training solely on its own work, technological advancement may stagnate, as most people will be totally happy cooking this world to be told what they should do and think.

We’re getting to the point where the haves are placid and the have nots are powerless.

It’s not really about the algorithms; it’s about the evolutionary cul-de-sac humanity is shoving itself into.

Maybe eventually we’ll find our way out, or have another civilization collapse allowing the planet to recover and us start over again without fully eliminating ourselves.