This gives me a lot of anxiety but my only recourse is to stop paying attention to AI dev. Its not going to stop, downside be damned. The "We're working super hard to make these things safe" routine from tech companies, who have largely been content to make messes and then not be held accountable in any significant way, rings pretty hollow for me. I don't want to be a doomer but I'm not convinced that the upside is good enough to protect us from the downside.