Since we're in SF mode, think of the protagonist in Frederik Pohl's Heechee series. Robinette eventually becomes "vastened", trading his meat body for intellect and consciousness in the future "web."

The discussion so far has ignored thermodynamics. I saw an article recently showing the energy used to train Chat-GPT and others. It is a considerable energy use- recall the regulations imposed by China on Bitcoin miners.

Do we think AI is now pushing the "Climate Catastrophe" and "Net-Zero" scams to ensure that there is enough electricity for AI, or is this just elites working to suppress the peasantry?