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The fact that you think the only solution is an AI that you think will in any way work to make things better and not just be ignored is really telling of who you are and your tech absolutist nature.
I got raped by my mother as a kid and I don't think I have the disdain for people like you do.
And tech isn't necessarily a better option. Very clearly not helping this world right now and that search for god in a machine is as much the same as the people you look down upon for searching for god in the sky.
Things won't stay the same forever. It doesn't necessarily mean it is gonna get immediately better and it's gonna happen (with lots of ups and downs) however reality happens, but fate is for those who don't act.
And right now, what we have is the present.
Try living in it. It's happening whether or not you hate it.
Honestly everything you're saying is effectively the most realistic understanding. I promise things are worse than most realize, and even worse, we're past the tipping point and have been for a long time too.
Being positive is utterly meaningless, and even worse it's harmful - don't prioritize your mental health over the reality because the prevents the selective pressure for change.
You must understand this is really that critical. We're already in for a far worse future than most understand, the question now is, well, do we do anything about it, and we won't until pretty much everyone understands how serious this is, and freaks out the requisite amount for change.
I feel like it's the other way around. I feel like it's my people who are out there getting arrested and making fossil fuel execs upgrade their security detail, and it's the doomers who seem to complain endlessly about how much they hate the taste of shoe leather while somehow spending the most time down there.