I've been watching a robot arm fail spectacularly at my work. It was supposed to be operational months ago, but there are so many minor problems that the robot doesn't adjust to correct. It's easy to think "A machine can do that" until you try to design the machine. This is supposed to be mindless remedial labor, and we can't get the machine to function properly at putting parts in a machine and taking them out. At no point in the process did they realize that a human looks at every part. A human adjust to make parts fit. A human stops spraying lubricant when a FUCKING FIREBALL SHOOTS UP THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE! The robot only does what it's programmed to do. In the end, the same people are still doing the same job, just now with a worthless fucking robot arm in the way. That's not innovation. That's undervaluing labor. It had consequences.
I'm not worried about AI. I play music in bars. My voice isn't perfect. It crackles as the notes fade. It goes sharp at the beginning of the loud parts. It's not always in pitch, but it's real. It expresses my emotions. If you feel them too, then we have a moment. A juke box isn't going to praise your local sports team, or even recognize the shirt you wore to the bar, but I can make you part of the show. I can make you feel welcomed.
Besides, it's only like 10-20% of data to be bad to corrupt a learning model. Look at how quick the early chat bots turned racist. We'll engage with it and people will invest, only for it to age like milk. Before long, it will be the punchline everyone has heard, and the real joke are the people that invested their life savings into it.