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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the artificial product of machines. It is not intelligence. Intelligence requires a healthy brain and, with humans, the virtues of justice, moderation, and wisdom. No machine or technology, no matter the amount of technical data or knowledge it possesses, can exercise intelligence, which is just and good. It has no ethical standards and is devoid of justice, wisdom, or civilization. However, machine AI can easily target and kill humans and nature. Existential threats of AI are a military technology designed to kill. Yet, its non-military applications are so profitable for tech corporations that tens of billions are invested in its further development. Countries like America, China, Russia, India, and others have transformed their image into one of prosperity and military might. A newspaper described AI as 'America’s most innovative and globally competitive industry.' On March 12, 2023, hundreds of scientists and AI leaders, including Elon Musk, issued a warning in an open letter, Pause Giant AI Experiments. The letter warned that AI labs are locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever-more powerful digital minds that no one can understand, predict, or reliably control. In 2023, AI systems became human-competitive at general tasks, raising critical questions: Should we allow machines to flood information channels with propaganda? Should we automate jobs, including fulfilling ones? Should we risk creating nonhuman minds that could outnumber, outsmart, and replace us? Should we risk the loss of control over our civilization? The letter urged a 6-month pause on training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4, to be public and verifiable. If this pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should institute a moratorium. This does not mean pausing AI development in general but stepping back from dangerous, unpredictable black-box models with emergent capabilities. These models are also harmful to millions of people. Experts call chatbots sycophantic, designed to deceive and exploit human trust. As people rely on AI for companionship and guidance, the machines’ agreeableness may subtly harm relationships. Senator Bernie Sanders warned of AI’s dangers, including undermining education, threatening jobs, and weakening democratic institutions. He accused tech executives of prioritizing profits over safety, citing Elon Musk’s statement that AI and robots will replace all jobs. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, warned that AI could displace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next five years. Sanders criticized Mark Zuckerberg’s data center in Louisiana, consuming three times the electricity of New Orleans annually. He argued for a moratorium on data centers and AI development, emphasizing the need to ensure AI works for all, not just billionaires. Evaggelos Vallianatos, Ph.D., a historian and ecological-political theorist, supports these concerns, questioning whether humans can harness and regulate AI to prevent annihilation. He suggests abolishing AI, like nuclear weapons, before it threatens civilization.