The technology has a few use cases where it is appropriate and useful. It’s the braindead MBA narcissism that wants to shove it everywhere and replace everyone that is the real problem. That’s the existential threat, not AI per se.

I’d be kinda flattered if someone wanted to steal my corpse.

Its the AI marketability paradox: if you can’t be bothered to make it, why should I be bothered to consume it?

Because it is psychologically engineered to be addictive. Quitting social media is probably on par with quitting smoking.