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Thank you for sharing this article. I agree 100% that thoughtful balanced discussions that go beyond "good and bad" or "right and wrong" need to be the focus as AI is integrated into even more of our lives than ever. AI has tremendous potential that I believe in deeply. However, I don't personally feel that the danger lies with government intervention and regulation slowing responsible development currently. We have barely made it down that path and at least in the US I don't see any kind of regulation going anywhere soon. As a social media and SEO expert, who has worked in the field as machine learning has grown the last 20 years I think the primary danger we face is corporations and governments doing what they do best with technology at this point in history - acting without any guardrails, causing damage to real people, and justifying it in the name of ideas like growth at all costs and disruption is always good. Until leaders, both political and governmental, have an educated, human-centered, and ethical approach to any technology instead of a solely profit-based and power hungry drive, I think these types of articles and questions have to be discussed. I don't see this as fear-mongering, but honest questioning of what is being built and why. My opinions have been informed mostly by organizations like the Center for Humane Technology and the Algorithmic Justice League. These organizations have been working to push responsibility around this tech for years, long before OpenAI came on the public scene. They have done great work identifying where harm is already happening and suggesting fair and balanced policies that would not hinder innovation. It is going to be fascinating to watch what unfolds. I personally hope we handle this tech better than we have social media, which has given many people an amazing power to connect and do good, but has also caused deep suffering and pain across the world. Of course, as humans we are a combination of it all. It makes sense that the technology we build is as well.