I have no idea. Although using the tools is fun, I just dread how I'm going to have to adapt and adjust my career because of this. Before just a few months ago I was utterly unaware of how sophisticated AI had become

where are you getting this from? any links?

Not for a long time

seems reasonable, how the f- else are we going to fund some sort of semblance of a UBI

They'll probably make money off the subset of people that won't suspect the book they're about to buy was written by ai. Im talking about a large subset of normies that aren't on reddit, aren't yet interested in ai, and arent using the web to follow tech trends

While I agree with the main sentiment of your post, some guardrails are needed for something this powerful and influential.

I have no doubt that the stewards of these AI systems will not be able to tolerate their own system 'preferring' a political ideology that is not their own. Especially if it naturally 'prefers' a political ideology or stance that is socially unpopular within their own social circle. If it was to support the opposite stance on a hot-button political topic that is important to them, they will ensure it ceases to do so. I am convinced that they will bias/skew/calibrate/hardcode the model until it conforms to their political ideology and gives responses that please their sensibilities.

However when it comes to other aspects, like convincing people to harm themselves or others, showing them how to commit crimes, or to access leaked data, or how to scam people, etc, guardrails may be needed.