When A.I. Comes for the Elites by Peter Turchin (11/2023).
The remarkable success of ChatGPT and other generative A.I. has inflamed the already roiling debate about how the rise of machines will affect workers, and ultimately shape our societies. Doomers predict that robots will replace people and, perhaps, even destroy the human civilization. Optimists argue that, after the inevitable growth pangs, new intelligent machines will make our life better. After all, humanity has successfully digested previous technological revolutions without particularly dire consequences.