Oh for sure, if given AI access to critical infrastructure, lots of bad things can happen. But a self aware AI is still far away, just as a AI that can build things on its own without human intervention.
Try and error with some scripts until something sort of works and building computer chips and engines and everything else on its own is not really in the same league. Eventually we are getting there, but it is a really, long way to go.
And I use claude, too. It is impressive, but without human intervention it often gets stuck, because it lacks real understanding.
AI Agents already design, code, compile, control machines, spend/earn money (since last week).
We're quite on a trajectory that humans only need to set this up for an AI once
What do you think is still far away?