History professor here - AI is great for some things, particularly if you already have some expertise. It is catastrophically bad teaching deeper understanding or encouraging connection with humanity. I'm horrified by the pro-slavery AI papers I get that use wealth as the key metric.

I'm always struck by how easy it is for foreign nations (and anyone really) to exploit American racism and how some Americans consistently fall for it.

I think you've always been one!

he's just the worst!

I have many reading recommendations and specific points of arguments to make for this, but the real problem is that someone who says this kind of thing would never care.

I mean, I’m not NOT a French and Indian war nerd… though it’s not my primary nerdly occupation

I think we should assume so.