But you can't stop someone from connecting AI to something at this point, so your point is moot.

Yes.

A good start might be removing virology info above the undergraduate level from training sets. The main "kills everybody" threat involves biological viruses.

AI-driven hacking is a problem, but it's really just nation-state level hacking available to smaller companies or wealthy individuals. Everything needs to be toughened up to the point that doesn't work. Ask countries that have been up against Russian hacking for years, such as Estonia.

Beyond that, most of the threats are not that serious. Below the level of organized crime or corrupt government.

AI is basically "Bobby Tables" but without a known proper engineering approach to solve it.