I wonder who is correct

Interesting news story in the last couple of days:

The man often touted as the godfather of AI has quit Google, citing concerns over the flood of misinformation, the possibility for AI to upend the job market, and the “existential risk” posed by the creation of a true digital intelligence.

Dr Geoffrey Hinton, who with two of his students at the University of Toronto built a neural net in 2012, quit Google this week, as first reported by the New York Times.

And David Frum, recently:

 My attitude on the misinformation side tends towards "we've been watching the Right Wing media networks in the USA actively do this for a decade at least - why expect an AI to do any worse harm?"

Update:  I read Rudy Rucker's novels about AI and software back when they were published.  He's a bit of an oddball character, I think, but he weighs in on Twitter: