Currently it's made out to be far more than it is. It's not conscious, it doesn't want to kill you (it can't want anything). It mimics people's writing so you think it's a capable, competent person when it's really just a confabulator. The danger is it being treated like it's more than it is and used inappropriately.
On the other hand, they can probably make much better versions that give genuinely useful functions to things. Even now they can be used to create novel pictures and stories, help with brainstorming, and write things for people who aren't scrutinizing them much. And to make endless useless tech help websites.
Just from a dystopian approach governments can use it to massively mimic people in forums and elsewhere. It's like the things automated license plate scanners allow, or tracking people's cellphones. It is auotmated and cheap so can be used for massive data mining/manipulation.
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