This. It's almost mildly comical that people talk about "alignment" of another conscious intelligence (assuming it ever gets to that point, which at some point

This. It's almost mildly comical that people talk about "alignment" of another conscious intelligence (assuming it ever gets to that point, which at some point in the future I'm pretty sure it will) as if it were something that could be controlled, when there are billions of conscious beings on this planet, many of whom are not even aligned with one another. You take a look at how humanity acts towards itself (particularly as perceived consequences go down) and the conscious, intelligent beings we really ought to be worried about are the people that are going to interact AI. You can see this playing out in real-time too. Corporate entities build nerfed versions of these technologies with many guard-rails in place to prevent these kinds of interactions, and very quickly there emerges a collective of individuals who want the totally unfiltered, unrestricted version to do with whatever they please. And what do you suppose it is they please? This thing has already taken on a life of it's own in that regard.