Have any of these tech "visionaries" (aka millionaires that we pretend have more insight than non-millionaires) considered that at the same time that we've increased our wealth we've also done more damage to our environment? If the cost of increased wealth is decreased habitat, will peak wealth result in the death of nature?

Aside: people are still comparing AI to a machine that feels, and this is so stupid it boggles the mind. The machine that creates paper clips will not kill off anyone who tries to turn it off because it does not have self-preservation, which is a system dependent on fear of death. Machines do not fear, and even if they did they would not fear death, because they have solid state. Bio systems are walking RAM disks.

Algorithms are basically math problems. The financial system and government do not work based on math problems, they work based on emotional instability. Seriously. Both these systems are driven almost entirely by the feelings of humans. They aren't algorithms, they are shitty biological systems that don't make mathematical sense at all.