Imo this is the immediate threat and the ai overlord or apocalypse (hyperbole, but not by much), is the slightly further out threat.
For all its faults, I cant help but worry Westworld got it right with the impenetrable bus sized ai brain running a flashy but fascist society from behind the scenes.
Id say maybe the ai wont actually be that capable, but evil people + slightly less capable ai could still achieve the same thing.