AI Users Are Far Scarier Than AI Developers

Although Peggy Noonan is right about the current shape of the 21st century (“ AI Is the Y2K Crisis, Only This Time It’s Real,” Declarations, Dec. 2), she discounts the enormous value and productivity that has been generated by the “modern and beyond beyond” tech bros of Silicon Valley. They propelled the last decade-plus of economic growth and don’t all look or act like Sam Bankman-Fried, who seems to be the figure she has in mind.

Generative AI is a powerful tool that can drastically increase productivity. I’m more afraid of some of the people who use AI—governments, malicious actors, terrorists—than the developers who build it. Presumably, Ms. Noonan doesn’t hold automotive engineers responsible for traffic accidents.