Since you have such strong (and numerous) opinions…
AI is a tool, and one that governments of all stripes will use for many things, including military applications. It’s overly simplistic to say “AI was used to bomb things”. There’s always a human making the decision to hit a target or not in Israel and America. Of course, that won’t necessarily be the case in totalitarian countries…
As to hitting the school, bear in mind that it was literally part of a military base.
On energy use, there’s actually no reason to limit it unless worldwide usage grows by orders of magnitude. What does need to happen is a transition to clean sources. Natural gas isn’t ideal, but still much better than coal. However, there’s a lot of interest in modular nuclear reactors for this application, which would be fine.
As to how well current AI works, the canard “Past performance does not guarantee future results” applies. We’re just at the infancy of the tech.
Your anecdotal screeds of hate towards AI should be balanced with the numerous stories here on HN and elsewhere of people using it very successfully and happily. As to the general populace, the daily usage figures for ChatGPT and other chatbots belie the hate you’re claiming to be universal.
Finally, yes the price increases on RAM and SSDs aren’t great. This too shall pass as more capacity comes online due to the wonders of capitalism. Don’t panic! ;-)