> I don’t think it’s relevant.

I do.

> Pol pot wasn’t a genius. But he also wasn’t a monkey.

Is that supposed to be a revelation?

> How many times in history has an animal successfully ruled over a population of humans?

So you consider AI to be qualitatively superior to human intelligence in the same way humans are superior to animals? It's a wild claim with no basis in reality and it tells me you know very little about both AI and humans.

Your perception of yourself as an animal next to what you consider "superior AI" isn't a joke though, I don't know how you got that depressed, but I hope there aren't many people like you, because that kind of self-denigration, fear and submissiveness can become a serious political problem.