<< It seems llms have the ability to get the best and worst out of humans

I think I can agree with that. Technology does seem to have a way of crystallizing our worst tendencies.

<< Everybody feels like this is the revolution

I smiled at the analogy, but I would caution you to not trivialize it. There is a reason executives are pushing that point. There is enough of a revolution in it to make things complicated -- as if it was not already.

<< destroying lives of millions on morning whims.

True, but I am not quite certain what can be done about it at a personal level.

<< I don't know a single white collar person who isn't worried for their job with llms.

Dunno. Next few years are probably going to be fine. Society managers likely can't upend everything in one go. They would lose too much. I can't say that I am worried exactly. I can see the potential impact, but I think the potential benefits are worth it as long as we don't limit it to summarizing emails..

Yet, there isn't time in history I would rather live in, and I am certain almost every single other person thinks the same.

I'm going to say it - I think you're just spending a lot of time around very negative people, possibly in a social media bubble.

A lot of the stuff you mentioned isn't really AI (the risk of job loss from which I agree is real), but just everyday stuff that humanity has shrugged off since the dawn of time.