You know, with the horrendous job humans do of our being rational / compassionate human beings and aligning with our self interest. About 10,000,000 people die a year at the hands of other humans. Soul? We are a bunch of ignorant blood thirsty animals. Sure, it’s nice to feel there is more meaning than instinctual behavior. There really isn’t much objective evidence we have emotionally evolved from the slim. We have a long way to go before we can be internally gazing and praising ourselves for having something special inside.
I’m not saying AI will fix that... but we have little footing to stand on saying the status quo is anything to be proud of or cherish.
I mean, think about it... you have in front of you the person that will take your life from you. With a machete or a group with guns... the horror... and this happens millions of times each year.
I highly recommend this organization. Our World in Data. It is affiliated with Oxford University and used big data to but the world into perspective. It is a wealth of objective knowledge. I donate monthly and they are in my will. Here are just a couple references. Many more exist for instance the % of world population extinguished by different wars. Genghis Khan holds the record. I don't remember off the top of my head but I think he extinguished ~36% of the world's population!
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-deaths-in-armed-conflicts
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/war-rate-by-type-project-mars?tab=table

