Because it's a fear-mongering angle that still sells. AI has been a vehicle for scifi for so long that trying to convince Boomers that of won't kill us all is the hard part.
I'm a moderate user for code and skeptic of LLM abilities, but 5 years from now when we are leveraging ML models for groundbreaking science and haven't been nuked by SkyNet, all of this will look quaint and silly.
My condolences.
Can I offer you some egg stew in these cold and trying times?
Because suddenly everyone can shed clothing and be more social. The oppression of winter is over, and the promise of having food and plenty later in the summer is there. Makes sense to me.
You could do a theme potluck that also leans into a decorative theme. So for example, a Tiki theme, tropical drinks, and people bring some Hawaiian food.
Honestly, unless there's a shared currency to keep afloat, regional bodies like this are always a tentative benefit at best. Especially in this neighborhood.
Rwanda is orders of magnitude more just a normal, functional country than DRC.