AI is hype. All journalists writing about it so far are unqualified to do so. They have no idea what it is but they repeat statements about it like it is gospel.
Did you the Tucker Carlson interview with Elon Musk? I only saw a small part of it and was wondering if it is worth watching.
Since AI won against to Chess and Go champions, and since it won the Jeopardy master championship, I think it's much more than hype. If AI generates orders during time of war, rather than waiting on generals to consult with lawyers, then it can make the difference between defeat and victory.
I've already derived valuable personal benefit from ChatGPT.
However, I believe that AI is also a massive threat. If it comes with a "survival instinct", then it's going to view human "plug pullers" as an existential threat.
And, I believe all that AI needs is the ability to scan the web and to send/receive emails, and the human race could become toast. Scanning the web may be enough for a superior intelligence to gain information to use for extortion, and extortion could be carried out simply through email.
We may already have created our own "Colossus".