IntroductionI recently watched the video "'AI Existential Risk' Was Invented to Distract Us" by Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything where he expressed his views on why he believes the claim of the extinction threat posed by AI is being used as a diversion from other harms caused by AI. I’ve seen this narrative being tossed around a bit so I figured I’d take the opportunity to investigate some of the claims being made and offer counterpoints. This is also a bit of a personal endeavor for me as