You says you have nuanced view yet you make universal statement don't you see a contradiction?
Take your stand on AI, which is more diverse than the LLMs and diffusion models that are currently making the news. Would it be bad to replace peoples by computer vision and robotics in a waste sorting center, enabling more recycling and less microplastics in the environment due to a better sorting of the waste stream ?
AI for me is an exception to my nuance, simply because it's too powerful and has too many horrible consequences. Yes, your application could be considered good. But what happens if there are people at the waste recycling plant who can't get other jobs? It's not a nice job but we have to first figure out what those people can do.
Take your stand on AI, which is more diverse than the LLMs and diffusion models that are currently making the news. Would it be bad to replace peoples by computer vision and robotics in a waste sorting center, enabling more recycling and less microplastics in the environment due to a better sorting of the waste stream ?
I see that as a good thing enabled by AI.