[wolvesechoes]

> I would deny that AI poses any such threat. There are actors who would use the tool in ways that threaten as you described, but that is a threat from said actor, not AI

Of course, it is popular to deny it. People constantly tell themselves "it is people, not tech". They make valid, yet banal and inconsequential statement. This distinction has no bearing on reality.

[chii]

So you're saying that if people hadn't invented weapons, there would be no violence?

The claim that AI is itself dangerous has no merit.

[wolvesechoes]

> So you're saying that if people hadn't invented weapons, there would be no violence?

If anything, if people hadn't invented weapons, they would not use weapons to enact violence, and this in turn will impact the practical nature of violence.

> The claim that AI is itself dangerous has no merit.

My claim is that considering any technology by itself is pointless. There is no such thing as thing by itself. Technology always exists in structural setting, and in turn shapes this structure.