I wish there were less emphasis on GDP. I understand it represents "output", but it seems to be used to represent economic health, and it is poorly suited to that. A better measure would be to remove the "value" that goes to the top 1% (or pick your own percentage).
I doubt AI will add any real value to the economy. AI will instead be use…
The Corporate Jornalists often seek to promote or suppress a type of treatment. The only reason I can think of is that this draws more clicks to their websites. Many news sites treat everything as "controversial".
Unfortunately, scientists are often there own worst enemy. Often this is because of their don't understand how mass media work…