Not that long ago people scoffed at the idea of humans flying across the Atlantic and were sure machines would never be able to arithmetic or sort things. It would be wise to avoid making negative predictions regarding the technologies of the future.
There have been a number of technological advances in firearms that went no where. Its like centuries of perfecting them have achieved a final form that just cant be improved. Remember Remingtons Electronic Igniton. I almost bought one. Remember caseless ammo? That one sure went nowhere. I keep wondering just what a real tech advance in firearms might even be but I guess I dont have much imagination.
I’m sure there are lots of great and useful discoveries ahead. I don’t hate or fear AI itself - I find it fascinating.
But it requires a very reductionist/mechanistic concept of human consciousness to believe that an AI will ever be anything like human intelligence. I can’t squeeze myself - or dumb myself down - into that kind of concept; it frightens me that some people can and do. It also frightens me to think of some of the proposed uses to which they may put the technology.