It can be used to vastly empower the surveillance state and manipulations (propaganda/marketing). It can also be used in automating drone strikes (murder). It's a tool to further empower the owning class and consolidate power upwards letting a smaller number of people project more power. I believe ai is also being used as a proxy so government and corporations can deny accountability. It has some actually good uses in science but I don't think that's where the interest lies.