The sentiment I hate a lot is that this is inevitable because generative AI is far too valuable for the world. Like no one, even the anti-AI writers like OP even seem to want to interrogate this point. Somehow it's only naysayers in comment threads (like here on HN) who question it.

Doomposting from people in the good old op-ed pages who are stereotypically uninformed about the things they're writing about only further feeds the frenzy. Of course, questioning where the current developments pass into hype hurts the frenzy, so it's strange how the anti-AI writers do not seem to adopt this framing at all.