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First of all, it isn't going away. Stop telling yourself that lie. If you hate it, then compare it to herpes or mosquitoes. Not going away. People love to talk about sensational things like bubbles or how it will end humanity. Stop being hysterical. It is software. You don't have to use it, you don't have to like it, but be informed. Saying it will go away is about as ignorant as saying the internet is a fad and smartphones are on the edge of failing out of the market. You just sound like a Luddite.
In the end, it is a tool. It can be used for stupidity, waste and nonsense, or it can be used for something good.
You can use a hammer to build something or you can murder someone with it. Any tool can be misused.
It is terribly inefficient in its current form. It needs to be refined just like any other technology. We used to have cars that got single digit mpg. Now you can buy a cheap car that gets 30+, a hybrid that can crack 50 or straight electric. Like anything, it will improve over time.
Society did not revert to riding horses, we did not give up mobile phones for land lines and ai isn't going away. There is solid historical precedent to demonstrate this. You can be the old man yelling at the clouds, but it won't do anything but make you look silly.