AI doesn't create problems, but AI certainly lowers the barriers and improves the 'quality' of the bait.

To explain for a more developed country context, the fakes that previously required skill in Photoshop and Audacity etc now is much simpler to implement with AI, allowing far more dipshits to create and share fake image/audio/video of someone they are pissed at during their lunch break on their phone.

That's way too quick, allowing people to shoot far too many arrows in a huff, before their reasonable brain has time to make them realise the consequences of their actions.

"You can't refuse this brand new technology but you must change your society's culture that's been around for centuries so you are compatible with it." is a repulsively Silicon Valley answer.

Not every culture deserves to live on, certainly not just because "it has been around" and absolutely not one that lynches people.

Tolerance of intolerance is a bullshit strategy that won't work.

No, but it's not Silicon Valley CEOs' place to be making that decision unilaterally, nor is their culture some shining paragon of virtue either. They are not entitled to treat others paternally. It's not anyone's place to be executing it in such a hamfisted and harmful manner either.

culture has overlap with religion, but culture != religion.

Most (not all) religions are like a cancer, their main contribution to society is dividing people into US vs THEM.

If your religion encourages you to kill someone, MAYBE that’s a problem (not AI)?

You're missing the point, perhaps willfully so.

my point is that people who want to harm others will do so regardless. You can’t solve a social problem with technology, or even by taking away technology. The underlying problems remain.

I do sympathize that it is making it EASIER for them to do more harm. That’s a bit concerning to me.