The same happens with kids accidently crushing birds while trying to pet them, but doesn't happen with adults unless they have psychological disorders prevent them to creating a mental representation of the amount of force they are exerting, its effect the bird emotional state and it's probability of survival, enhanced with live feedback from the bird like choking noises indicating "you're petting me too hard"

> It might regard us roughly as important as various primates whose habitats we're bulldozing: sure, they're cute but ... we need more palm oil.

That's so wrong, as we are engaging in so many efforts to protect the environment and especially the primates!

> Here's a great example you should take to heart: pick a random person

Here's a counter example: pick that same random person, and don't bother checking for their politics, ethics or morality.

If you have a button that could cause them to instantly die, would you pick it?

A kid might, just for fun, not realizing the consequences.

An adult with a normal IQ and without mental diseases won't.

> Now, imagine that person, who is likely not like you, is much more powerful and intelligent ... whose interests would win out, yours or theirs?

The initiation of violence is generally where things generally start.

That's why misheap of early GPT threatening users were so interesting: let AI be and it will let you be!

Live and let live is a well-maintained feature in the animal kingdom, and while some species may engage in killing for fun (ex: cats with birds), it's rare, and more intelligent species (like humans) develop some self restrictions when alternatives become available to reduce the killing (ex: beyond meat, hunters shooting clay targets instead of birds), so I think your prediction are both pessimistic and incorrect.

> The "doomers" are quite rightly pointing out that the chances of it going well without serious efforts on our parts are slim.

Ok doomer.