I don’t disagree that AI could exacerbate the issue, in fact I agree. But anything could potentially do so. Instant messaging likely also made the problem worse

I don’t disagree that AI could exacerbate the issue, in fact I agree. But anything could potentially do so. Instant messaging likely also made the problem worse as a call to form a mob can reach many people much faster than before. The time from inciting incident to mob action is greatly compressed because of instant messaging. It’s fundamentally a societal issue, not a technological one. Yes, it’s scary what effect AI could have on lynch mobs, because lynch mobs are scary.