I see it as a more existential and political problem.

Crypto = weakening the hold the state has over citizens, allows people to circumvent political and geographical boundaries, trading with anyone anywhere = good, great eventually for humanity as a whole

AI = spam/killing jobs/killing the Internet/concentrating more power in the hands of the few/stronger existential threads to humanity = bad, might turn catastrophic for humanity

I do not own crypto yet and do not use AI, but to my anarchist self, crypto is the only concrete measure we have against a surveillance state. The sad thing is that like the vast populace, most HN readers do not care about privacy and using technology to push against politicians that want to control every aspect of our lives.