AI won't kill people - people will just get new tools for the job.

I'm more worried about them doing bad things at the behest of people who want them to do bad things.

That is 1. immediately technically possible, and 2. realistic.

If you need a source for 2 I'd suggest you open any history book.

that is a worry yes. instrumental convergence and misalignment during RL is when it is most risky because it hasn't necessarily had the final safety polishes applied

i get a lot of skepticism on HN by the same crowd that has been wrong about this tech for about 4+ years straight

The rapid development of extremely dangerous bio-weapons?