I suspect this is a minority opinion here, but it is my belief that the AI threat has already surfaced, in "The Algorithm" that's used to fracture social networ

I suspect this is a minority opinion here, but it is my belief that the AI threat has already surfaced, in "The Algorithm" that's used to fracture social networks and extract maximum "attention". Those social networks have real-world counterparts to them, and the cost in lost friendships and mistrust is far closer to an unbearable one for Democracy than we can stand. A group of a-moral, effectively immortal corporations are doing this all in the name of profit. How this isn't already seen as a dystopia by more people is beyond my comprehension.