> I am so sorry this is long as shit & it ends on a downer. It's just a really morose & unpleasant read.

I read it all, though. You're probably tired of hearing it but I'm still sorry for your dad. That sucks.

Anyway... damn. Yeah. You've made excellent points.

I'm a technophile, I believe in progress, and I watch on the daily as outmoded corporate interests stymie or erase technical progress that could become cultural progress. I watch politicians flagrantly ignore scientific evidence for climate change or disease, while watching journalists encourage them.

So, perhaps much of my opinion surrounding AI is derived of those feelings and sympathies. But I think you're right on much, maybe all of what you've said.

So now, I don't know. I don't know the best way forward. I don't think AI is going away. Companies are working out tools to detect AI-generated text, but technological progress also demands the AI-generators get smarter.

Thank you for writing that all out, though.