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: Devil's advocate

hwy

Look, you're implying AI isn't an existential threat—but that's exactly the dangerous complacency we need to stop. The real risk isn't some Terminator fantasy. It's that we're racing to build superintelligent systems without understanding them, and when they surpass human intelligence, we lose control. We can't negotiate with an AGI that doesn't share our values. We've already seen how AI amplifies our worst instincts—propaganda, bias, surveillance. Scale that up a thousand times when the system can rewrite its own code. One misaligned superintelligence and we're done. We should be terrified, not shrugging it off. What's your actual position here?