It's being spammed everywhere as being the end times,
I would attribute that more to the majority of the population being retarded and thinking that Skynet is coming, rather than what's more likely which is an economic upheaval that would give Luddites a good name. AI doesn't have to actually achieve the sci-fi form of a thinking machine in order for it to be hugely destabilizing.
Note how the flat-earthers and ancient aliens people don't get cracked down on.
You only need to crack down on dissenters when they are dissenting against a lie.
What does AI have to do with it?
I would attribute that more to the majority of the population being retarded and thinking that Skynet is coming, rather than what's more likely which is an economic upheaval that would give Luddites a good name. AI doesn't have to actually achieve the sci-fi form of a thinking machine in order for it to be hugely destabilizing.