(I don't know who this person is) I assume they're talking of 'AI safety' as opposed to AI being used by the wealthy to further suppress the working class. If

(I don't know who this person is) I assume they're talking of 'AI safety' as opposed to AI being used by the wealthy to further suppress the working class. If it's unreasonable to take AI safety seriously because no one has built an AI system that poses a credible threat to humanity yet, it must also be (at least) unreasonable to dismiss the research(ers) based on the same. That's before considering that people and (profit-motivated) companies are actually trying -- and claiming they will succeed -- to create and deploy unimaginably powerful AGI entities/systems. Assuming no harm can come of this is clearly foolish. The goals of such an entity will likely not be aligned with the goals of the creator, let alone the general public. The entity will not act in your best interest, just as the those seeking to dismiss the risk are not acting in your best interest.