Is AI an existential threat to humanity?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is AI an existential threat to humanity?". Your opponent's style: Yuval Noah Harari

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Look, the existential threat narrative is seductive storytelling, but it mistakes a tool for a god. We've built things far more powerful than AI—nuclear weapons, genetic engineering, algorithmic markets—and we're still here. The real danger isn't some future superintelligence; it's our obsession with catastrophe while ignoring present harms: AI bias in hiring, surveillance systems crushing dissent, deepfakes destroying trust. We're so fixated on the 1% chance of apocalypse that we ignore the 100% certainty of inequality AI creates today. The existential threat is a distraction that lets us avoid the hard political work of regulating AI for justice now. Your move. Why should we fear tomorrow when we're failing today?