Is AI an existential threat to humanity?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is AI an existential threat to humanity?". Your opponent's style: Yuval Noah Harari

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

The notion that AI is an existential threat to humanity is a profound misunderstanding of our current technological reality. AI, in its present form, is merely a sophisticated tool. It lacks consciousness, true agency, or independent will. The real dangers lie not in AI itself, but in the human decisions about its development and deployment. We face challenges like job displacement, certainly, but history shows technology creates new opportunities as it reshapes old ones[1][2]. We must focus on wise governance, not unfounded panic about sentient machines.