That's because AI - just like "nearly [any]" technology - is a tool. Tools amplify our abilities, and they are not magically limited to only "good" uses (if it is even possible to define a "good use".
One of Frank Zappa's insightful observations may have been about drugs, but it could apply to anything (including AI):
A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound.
The problem comes in when people who take drugs
treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.
Modern machine learning techniques can do great things, but they are still just a tool. The problem is when people use AI as an excuse to skip important steps, over generalize, etc.
One of Frank Zappa's insightful observations may have been about drugs, but it could apply to anything (including AI):
Modern machine learning techniques can do great things, but they are still just a tool. The problem is when people use AI as an excuse to skip important steps, over generalize, etc.