Still to this day if you say anything obviously true about AI, millions of people emerge from the shadows to rant at you about things that were partially correct 2-3 years ago but aren’t even close to any sort of reality now. Hatred and ignorance is not a good basis for policy nor decision-making. And those two things are all some people seem to possess.

It turns out that closing your eyes, covering your ears and making “Reeee” noises doesn’t do anything useful.