We’ve poured hundreds of billions of dollars into this, and what has it gotten us?

weaponized deepfakes, propaganda as a service, ai spam, proof that you can strip-mine internet for everything of value relatively quickly, proof that you can pollute web with drivel that pleases google and cover anything of value relatively quickly, tool for destruction of some media companies, and that sweet, sweet speculative stock revenue

oh you mean for commoners? then you get fuck all, or maybe you get to be replaced by plagiarism machine of your boss's choice that is Good Enough™