The population had clearly been a subject of opinion control from various factions: from the church to TV to internet. And we’ve seen quite strong attempts before, including various nation level propaganda machines. All of these do work to some degree. They can be life threatening. But, unless these result in a nuclear war, these are not civilization-ending events.
On the other hand, something slightly better (on a log scale) than GPT-4, can be a game changer.
On the other hand, something slightly better (on a log scale) than GPT-4, can be a game changer.