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    1. I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years, greatly accelerate economic growth rates, create a world of abundance and empowerment, and usher in a renaissance of democracy and freedom

      While all of this sounds good especially when looking at it through a Common Good lens. It doesn't really consider any of the consequences. Curing diseases is great and something that society has been aiming towards for a long time. We have made a lot of progress when it comes to medicine but there are still diseases that are uncurable. If we can speed up the rate in which medicine is developed more people can be saved. If most diseases are cured, then more people will also live. When looking at the same phrase with a Utilitarian lens things look a bit different. AI has consequences it greatly affects the environment by needing a lot of water to cool systems. With less water, plants and animals suffer. A lot of disease treatments have been found within plants and nature. While AI might be able to quickly figure out what is needed to cure a disease, we may not have the recourses to make the cure because they were put towards AI. If the environment is significantly destroyed to further AI development then we can't even use the information that AI gives us (curing diseases). There is also the idea of living rather than surviving. AI could help cure diseases and allow us to survive longer but if the world is seemingly destroyed is there really any point? Do the pros outweigh the cons? If AI is handled carefully and more research is done to be able to develop it in a more sustainable way, and the pros outweigh the cons, then AI could be beneficial.