Possibly for some things and possibly not for others. It's hard to say. The upsides and downsides are very apples-and-oranges. The point isn't that the world w

Possibly for some things and possibly not for others. It's hard to say. The upsides and downsides are very apples-and-oranges. The point isn't that the world would be objectively better in every case, but rather that the arguments of "anti-technology people" are frequently rational (and often don't even necessitate an elimination of the technology in question), and using their name as a cudgel as if they were cavemen is a low-quality rhetorical trope haunting all conversation about writing that is critical of AI. It's also a distraction. If the topic is AI, then it's better to simply talk about the ups and downs of AI than the ups and downs of e.g. cars.