I absolutely love this comment! So well said.

we are the truly powerful ones, because the system depends on our energy, resources, time, focus

To me, though, it often feels like we don't realize it, just how powerful we really are. How much of this whole thing (AI itself, but more broadly the system) depends on us, our intelligence, our compliance, our behavior.

But as you say, once we realize this, we stand to gain everything <3