Maybe motivation needs to be considered separately from intelligence. Pure intelligence is more like a tool. Something needs to motivate use of that tool toward a specific purpose. In humans, motivation seems related to emotions. I'm not sure what would motivate an artificial intelligence.
Right now the biggest risk isn't what artificial intelligence might do on its own, but how humans may use it as a tool.
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> I'm not sure what would motivate an artificial intelligence.
Those who give it orders hence your concern about how AI will be used as a tool is spot on.