Silicon Valley’s AI frenzy isn’t just another crypto craze

It’s going to be the “greatest force for economic empowerment” society has ever seen. It’s going to take away our jobs. It’s going to “generate a new form of human consciousness.” It’s going to kill us all.

Generative AI — or the new artificial intelligence that can create original content, including essays, fine art, and software code — is the talk of the town in Silicon Valley.

If you’re one of the over 100 million people who have used ChatGPT, or created a pop art-style illustrated portrait of yourself using Lensa, the popular image-generating...