@relistan @JamesBaker @lkanies Ah but moral panics have nothing to do with tackling the actual social problems associated with a cultural change & everything to do with pearl clutching & thinking of the children.

The people who propagate them are only worried about their impact on specific groups (usually children/young adults), not about their impact generally. E.g. comments from middle-aged professionals about how AI will harm people younger than them, while they are immune to the dangers.