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But then, haven't we reached that point already with the development of nuclear weapons? I'm more scared of a lunatic (whether of North Korean, Russian, American, or any other nationality) being behind the "nuclear button" than an artificial mosquito swarm.

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The problem is that strong AI is far more multipolar than nuclear technology and the ways in which it might interact with other technologies to create emergent threats is very difficult to forsee.

And to be clear, I'm not talking about superintelligence, I'm talking about the models we have today.

You cannot copy a nuclear weapon via drag and drop.

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