It's hard to determine i know...it feels to me that much of the dystopian fear is actually focused on what's happening now vs what's about to happen...and developing tech makes it increasingly difficult to predict how things will play out.

Im fully with you though, anyone looking at AI as "bad" are making the same mistake as thinking the car was a bad idea. Only difference I do grant to skeptics is that it AI will be either used to control people or free people, and our primary means of communication (money) will determine which we get.