Comment by mannyv
As many writers have said, the problem with "safe," "beneficial," etc is that their meanings are unclear.
Are we going to be AI pets, like in The Culture (Iain banks)? Would that be so bad? Would AI curate us like pets and put the destructive humans on ice until they're needed?
Sometimes killing people is necessary. Ask Ukraine how peace worked out for them.
How would AI deal with, say, the Middle East? What is "safe" and "beneficial?"
What if an AI decided the best thing for humanity would be lobotomization and AI robot cowboys, herding humanity around forever in bovine happiness?
To nitpick your comment: Are you suggesting that Ukraine should have been more aggressive towards Russia to prevent a war?
AFAICT they did everything possible, including trying to drum up a more aggressive alliance with NATO which Russia took as another excuse to escalate.