Here’s @ayjay pointing out the major flaw in one of the weaker arguments for AI:

A useful mental exercise: when people say “AI isn’t going anywhere” or “AI is here to stay,” substitute for “AI” the word “cancer.” A great many things that are here to stay are really bad and should be resisted as energetically as possible

@adders Technological determinism, a form of unhistorical thinking, is never helpful.