> I personally am worried about AI partly because I am very cynical about how corporations will use it

This is the more realistic danger: I don't know if corporations are intentionally "controlling the narrative" by spewing unreasonable fears to distract from the actual dangers: AI + Capitalism + big tech/MNC + current tax regime = fewer white- & blue-collar jobs + increased concentration of wealth and a lower tax base for governments.

Having a few companies as AI gatekeepers will be terrible for society.