We're living through the most consequential moment in human history. AI is writing its own code. Satellites are connecting every phone on Earth. Robo… - Peter Diamandis

First, it's hard to be optimistic, because the brain's filtering architecture is pessimistic by design. Second, good news is drowned out, because it's in the media's best interest to overemphasize the bad. Third, scientists have recently discovered an even bigger cost: it's not just that these survival instincts make us believe that "the hole we're in is too deep to climb out of," but they also limit our desire to climb out of that hole.

Your inputs determine your outputs. If you spend your days consuming fear-based content about AI, you will be afraid. If you spend your days building things with AI, you will be excited. This applies to almost anything.

At the turn of the Industrial Revolution, the richest people on the planet didn't have air-conditioning, running water, or indoor plumbing. They lacked automobiles, refrigerators, and telephones. Plus, computers. Today, even folks living below the US poverty line draw on these conveniences.