If we distill it down to its very root, its a technology that has potential negative externalities that we choose to ignore. Even if we "solve" the issues with AI today, in the future there will be some new technology, because we choose to solve problems as if they are all bespoke instead of distilling them to the roots and resolving the true causes of these symptoms.

Instead, we have to figure out as a species how we can ensure that individual benefits for the societal elite do not take precedence over collective good. If we solve that, we solve a lot of problems beyond AI today, and problems we have yet to encounter into the future.