But you had time, money and knowledge of how to effectively live off grid. These people do not. That is why it was a smooth transition for you and a rough transition for them. They don’t have the advantages you do that enable you to live comfortably off grid. It’s a struggle for survival for them. For you it’s just a relaxing way of life.

If a hundred or so years from now we end up as slaves to a super intelligent AI, it will be because enough people like you thought it was a good idea to try developing AI that it was enabled through public opinion. At least nuclear weapons can’t think for themselves.

People are dumb. They actually think developing AI is a good idea.