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I am saying there is no distinction. If AI is a risk to humanity, then the internet in general must be as well.

So if there is no distinction, by your own words, can you take yourself seriously or not? That is, by your own words, both AI and the Internet either pose a risk or they both do not; 'there is no distinction.'

I do not think the internet, or AI in its current form, is a existential risk to humanity, no.

I think if you were referring to AI in its 'current form' all along, then most people will probably agree with you, myself included. But 20 years from now? I personally think it would be arrogant to dismiss the potential dangers.

if we are talking about regulating something now, we must talk about capabilities now. there's no point in talking about nonexistent technology. should we also regulate teleportation? it's been done in a lab.

if AI actually is a threat, then it can be regulated. it's not a threat now, period. preemptively regulating something is silly and a waste of energy and political capital.

You added the paragraph about regulation after I had written my comment to your initial post, so I was really only talking about what I initially quoted. The question about regulation is complex and something I personally have yet to make up my mind about.

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