RE: It has always been like this
has been utilized to all bunch of awesome things at the same time.
Just today I read about these so real predictions that humanity will be destroyed to a maximum of 10 years by AI. Maybe even next year. It is said by people who have dealt with its development.
Other people build bunkers, thirds are organized to leave the Earth.
What haven't people understood yet?
When I joke that aliens are watching us and constantly laughing at our stupidity, I think there is no greater stupidity than welcoming our own destruction. I wanted to look like a grumpy bad prophet, and I wanted everything I guess to be vain assumptions. But unfortunately, everything I thought turned out to be true again. Don't we want to live any longer? Oh, yes, life on this planet is difficult, let's end it all together. Because that's exactly what we're doing right now.
I think you mention Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, I read that too. Maybe sooner or maybe not so soon as AI still needs so much energy but again, with super-intelligence that's probably a "minor issue". We are about to see, I hope it stays in the realm of science fiction.
This is just our human nature - if it could be done, it will be done, as soon as possible, no matter what. For the same sake people start wars, destruct almost everything and poke each hole in the ground.