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AI is already destroying humanity. All the algorithms that drive content distribution are producing society polarized to the extreme. We consume media that some machines decide to serve us with one goal: grow engagement.
AI destroying humanity is not robots crushing skulls, but automated services mushing brains.
AI ≠ Algorithm
An algorithm always answers/does the same on an input, AI doesn't. Blaming AI for algorithmic content delivery is false.
It is not the algorithm that is destroying humanity, but the financial incentive of the people standing behind it.