Is that really the prevailing view of AI? That it's a net negative for society? I'm not really an expert on this but I don't view GPTs as a plagiarism machine that doesn't work. It's helped me save time creating powerpoint presentations for work because it does all that mundane formatting.
The people who say it doesn't work, it plagiarizes, or it destroys the environment all tend to be people who have no idea how it actually works and are just repeating what they've heard from others online. Those who work with AI tools directly, shocker, tend to have a better understanding of it.