Great essay Matthew, but it is potentially far worse than humans getting their buttons pushed. Machines are already pushing the buttons of other machines, and humans are simply superfluous. We are just incubators for alien-life forms these days, and the exploded husks of humans will be all that remains. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/it-is-a-thing-thing-openai-artificial-general-intelligence-and-the-emergence-of-alien-life-on-432877b548c3