Because improvement in human QoL is not a requirement for a revolutionary technology. Nuclear weapons come to mind.

We're talking about something that speculatively invalidates all digital data. All code created prior is seen with lesser value to the point of commodification because of its existence. We are past the slow erosion of trust of the photoshop or Wikipedia era. You can't trust anything digital anymore. Encryption is our last hope, and companies now join governments in the race to break it.

Perhaps a bit of a leap but based on their phrasing, I'd be very critical of a viewpoint in management who believes themselves immune from what's occurring to specialized talent across the board. We are intergalactially far away from IBM's "never let a computer make a management decision." A concerningly large number of people submit their data, thinking, and agency to these tools. The impact is real even if not personally felt or in your backyard.