[D] General negative sentiment surrounding “AI”

I’ve noticed that whenever I bring up the topic of AI to a general crowd (usually nontechnical -(family, friends, etc)) the first thing that pops to mind are the existential negative aspects, dangers, and threats of “robots taking over the world and wiping out humanity” rather than the positives (like improving efficiency, automation, science, etc). To be clear, i am specifically talking about the existential threats of AI -- not the economical/political problems like big tech billionaires and corporatism.

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