This type of social problem is different with the one in elon's mind.

Yes, the ability to adapt. We still don't understand the exact mechanism of our creative thinking. Machine learning is modeled according to how child learn. Therefore, without a model for creative thinking, I see that computer scientists will be difficult to come up with a truly creative AI.

Yes and no. For instance, Ml will map event that is not known to it to a event known to it. On the contrary, we will be able to recognize we don't know about it. From there, you could try to make an analog and solve it or invent some new theory to fit it. Machine lacks the intelligence to solve something new.

With or without AI, this is already happening. There is too much information for you and me to read so most people will take what the media gives. If you don't want that to happen, you need to go out of your way and find different source, compare it, judge it. But then you probably will still miss some.

In some sense, chatgpt is just a glorified Google. Instead of providing links to your query, it provides summary from multiple source.