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The primary danger of "AI" lies in the extent to which it has managed to convince people of it's capability to think and reason.

A lot of people clearly have no idea that they are essentially speaking with a glorified randomizer, rather than someone understanding the question.

This is bound to eventually lead to a disaster when someone deluded into trusting the "AI" does some stupidity it suggests without passing it through any reality check.

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>This is bound to eventually lead to a disaster when someone deluded into trusting the "AI" does some stupidity it suggests without passing it through any reality check.

Or, the AI is plugged into a machine because efficiency (aka the shareholders need even more profits), and it does some stupidity. And they will be deployed carelessly, because that makes money. And people will suffer.

Heck, they're already being deployed carelessly and making people suffer. So far it's mostly in places where making people suffer was already part of the deal, like fending off customer support tickets or denying insurance claims. But I can see it getting much worse.

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