This article reads like Bill Joy's WIRED article "Why The Future Doesn't Need Us", published in year 2000.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_The_Future_Doesn%27t_Need_...

The New York Times and The Atlantic love publishing these long form, doom-and-gloom, click bait articles. They usually share the same message: "It's never been worse." I'm sure they are great for revenue generation (adverts, subscriptions, etc.).

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Just look at this quote:

    Dr. Hinton’s journey from A.I. groundbreaker to doomsayer marks a remarkable moment for the technology industry at perhaps its most important inflection point in decades.

"remarkable moment" and "perhaps its most important inflection point in decades". The overreach on the second phrase is an excellent example of absurdism. If I had a dollar for every time I see those phrases in these doom-and-gloom articles, I would be rich.