When CFCs were destroying the ozone layer they were removed from society.
When leaded petrol was rotting children's brains, it was phased out in favour of unleaded alternatives.
When asbestos was found to cause horrible deaths it was banned.
When radium was found to be incredibly dangerous for general use, it was restricted to just a small niche of medical applications.
Technology is not something that has to be accepted forever, no matter how popular it seems. It can be recalled and restricted if it is found to cause a lot more harm than good.
@FediThing@social.chinwag.org @FediThing@social.chinwag.org hey while I get the point you're making, what you're comparing ai too seem to be mostly materials and compounds to construct other technologies whereas ai itself is a major high level technological innovation, not easily replaceable and with higher economic impact. I do agree that as civilization we can make decisions to change enormously impactful things, but we'll be continuously constrained by the system(s) that require higher economic output within capitalism