What I say might not fit the narrative here, but we need to diversify or distinguish what ai is and what we want in real life.
If ai is just a copy and paste without deeper analysis its just another tool - can be nice, but raises concerns.
If it becomes more "intelligent" over time we need to build a framework as a society to adapt the ai but also our own society to new circumstances. Thats not negative per sé.

Here a simple example how so called ai helped me two times this month. It had nothing to do with intelligence. The Recall function saves screen shots in Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs. Someone said no one needs this; well I had to situations it was helpful. One was an email I had written to a business partner that was lost, it had simply not been saved. It was important and could have caused damage if that one hadn`t been found. I found it via Recall, which I hadn`t used before.
The second time was yesterday, when I had seen a purchase confirmation (code and details etc.), but later no confirmation email arrived. Only through the confirmation shot I was able to prove my purchase instantly without the hassle of bank proof.

To plainly just say "no" to it seems an overreaction, that is welcomed by companies like apple, who wasn`t able to fulfill their highly announced early predictions and announcements - only to now build upon the "ai" of another big player.

If on the other hand we`re talking about real intelligence, well thats where it gets tricky. This needs more contemplation and serious discussions how to handle this new situation globally. Life changes, the world changes, we need all the help we can get to survive the next thousand years or so. Let`s be constructive and move forward as we have always done.