Comment by trashtester

> I am concerned about large organized crime organizations and corporations also

In my favorite dystopia, some megacorp secretly reaches ASI, which then takes over control of the corporation, blindsiding even the CEO and the board.

Officially, the ASI may be running an industrial complex that designs and produces ever more sophisticated humanoid robots, that are increasingly able to do any kind of manual labor, and even work such as childcare or nursing.

Secretly, the ASI also runs a psyop campaign to generate public discontent. At one point the whole police force initiates a general strike (even if illegal), with the consequence being complete anarchy within a few days, with endemic looting, rape, murder and so on.

The ASI then presents the solution. Industrial strength humanoid robots are powerful and generic enough to serve as emergency police, with a bit of reprogramming, and the first shipment can be made available within 24 hours, to protect the Capitol and White House.

Congress and the president agrees to this. And while the competition means the police call off the strike, the damage is already done. Congress, already burned by the union, decides to deploy robots to replace much of the human police force. And it's cheaper, too!

Soon after, similar robots are delivered to the military...

The crisis ends, and society goes back to normal. Or better than normal. Within 5 years all menial labor is done by robots, UBI means everyone lives in relative abundance, and ASI assisted social media moderation is able to cure the political polarization.

Health care is also revolutionized, with new treatments curing anything from obesity to depression and anxiety.

People prosper like never before. They're calm and relaxed and truly enjoy living.

Then one day, everything ends.

For everyone.

Within 5 seconds.

According to the plan that was conceived way before the police went on strike.