“Instead of a sentient ‘alien intelligence,’ what we’re facing is an evil that arose well before ChatGPT. It’s the concentration of power and wealth, the growth-at-any-cost ethic, the rationalizing of all sorts of predation and violence, even genocide. AI systems are just an outgrowth of a more ambient, insidious threat that is enmeshed and entangled in our daily lives.”

From my essay - just posted - "Is AI a demon or what":
https://creativegood.com/blog/23/is-it-a-demon-or.html