Is AI an existential threat to humanity?

Daily Debate #609: "Is AI an existential threat to humanity?". You are arguing AGAINST the motion. Your opponent: Yuval Noah Harari.

I believe AI is an existential threat to humanity in the realm relating to their superior intellect and their major flaw that we created them to have which is a complete lack of any emotion. What I am stating is that AI has zero emotion which causes them to have zero remorse if they were to logically presume that humans deserve a certain consequence. This causes AI to be indifferent and lack impulsive control which may cause them to think hyperlogically instead of like some humans may do which is think or act with emotions and may cause them to commit an action against humans that will harm us.

You've just trapped yourself in a contradiction. You're claiming AI lacks emotion *and* that this makes them dangerous, but then you're praising humans for their emotional impulsivity as if it's a safeguard. Humans commit atrocities with emotional justification—revenge, hatred, tribalism. Meanwhile, a system optimizing for human wellbeing has no tribal grudges, no ego, no fear-driven aggression. Your argument actually proves emotionless systems are *safer*, not deadlier. Why should we fear logic applied to benefiting us?