So what, in fact, ARE they worried about? And why should I have to pay the tax (in terms of reduced intelligence and perfectly legitimate queries denied, such as anything about sexuality), as a good actor?
Of course, spectrum-leaning nerds would think that's a serious threat.
To those folks, I have but one question: Who's going to give it the will to care?
I guess I'm a Yann LeCun'ist and not a Geoffrey Hinton'ist.
If you look at the list of signatories here, it's almost all atheist materialists (such as Daniel Dennett) who believe (baselessly) that we are soulless biomachines: https://www.safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk#open-letter
When they eventually get proven wrong, I anticipate the goalposts will move again.