At least the media and public are aware.
The oil industry: not so much: they are destroying the whole planet, and their lobbying is so much more secret and politically motivated
One has to wonder if we are truly aware. How much is AI ruining the environment via its constant demands for electricity and water? I'd expect more harms will come to light way down the line, as was true with big oil, tobacco, etc.
not so far down the line. Deepfakes have obvious harms and Sora/similar is obviously going to get abused (as well as used).
I question the very framework of judging harms at the tool instead of at the user in the first place. Under that twisted logic of attributing the morality of all users to the creator so much as sharpening an axe is a moral wrong.
that's a form of utilitarianism consequentialist ethics, which is fine, but is at odds with a deontological view of the world.
The media is also part of the corrupt system though. They also have an agenda, use clickbait, and focus on the topics that maximize conversions.
Not sure the public is aware. And media is complicit since they are happy to use dark patterns to drive readership.