For sure. I think what a lot of people miss when we talk about AI risk is there's just so many possible directions that it opens up. One could say it's a sign

For sure. I think what a lot of people miss when we talk about AI risk is there's just so many possible directions that it opens up. One could say it's a sign of having a lack of a scientifically based imagination, or maybe that's just me. Off the top of my head the broad X categories are AI itself destroys us with intent. (terminator) AI itself destroys us without intent. (paperclip maximizer) AI uses humans to destroy ourselves with intent. (convincing us that the enemy has already launched nukes and we must strike back). AI causes humans to destroy ourselves due to instabilities caused by AI existing and changing the world to rapidly. (Midas Plague, WALL-E maybe? probably better examples out there) Humans destroy humans because of the potential of what AI could do and hasn't even done yet (think of proactively nuking a country before they themselves can get nukes).