Right now, the two real AI issues are 1) improved surveillance in a broad sense, and 2) job elimination. Both relate to what the owners of the tech want.
The political problem is that few governments are willing to effectively regulate 1) or 2).
I presume that in a few years electric cars will result in significant job losses amongst those who produce internal combustion engines. Renewable energy will reduce the number of employed coal miners.
I agree that this should be a role for government to assist people in a changing world.
Also less than 44 thousand people work in the coal mining industry in the US. Renewable didn't take those jobs, resource depletion, heavy machinery and fracking did.
Although that doesn't seem to happen much. Most electric cars are produced in new plants. The notable exception is Ford's truck line, where the Ford Transit and the F-150 both come in electric and gas models.
AI is presented and designed as an employee replacer, plain and simple.
No, but this time it's come for the chattering classes from the Ivy League, who are freaking out.