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That said, imagine an actual AGI (ASI) AI gets developed and (of course) escapes to the internet because the idiots who built it gave it unrestricted internet access.
If such an AI wanted to take control of the world in order to further whatever goals it has, all this collected information will be an incredible treasure trove for it. Like you said, many people can be manipulated an controlled with threats of blackmail. The few who can't can then be more directly threatened by those acting under blackmail threats.
That's literally the plot of the last two Mission Impossible movies.
It doesn't matter who has it, it's the one ring.
It's sheer existence is too dangerous to be allowed. But everyone focuses on what they could do with the power and think they'll be able to keep it.
That's why there's such pushback against opposition to datacenters, it's not just the money from the stocks, everyone pictures themselves as the only ones who gets to abuse the tech once it's built.