AI has no independent will — it is a tool created by people, and it must stay human-centered. The next real leap is spatial intelligence: machines that genuinely perceive, reason about, and act in three-dimensional worlds.
Framing AI as an autonomous threat distracts from the real work: human-centered governance, dignity, and the science still ahead. Treating it as a tool keeps the focus on how people choose to build and use it.
Evidence of AI developing genuine, autonomous goals independent of the objectives its human designers give it.