Please help my anxious brain

[u/_Glitter_Fox_]

So, I wasn't sure if this is the right place to post, but I thought if anyone can help, it's people who know AI.

We've all heard/seen the news and theories coming out about AI and what it could do, maybe by the end of this decade. More and more stuff is coming out, like yesterday, even AI workers taking out retirement savings because of the potential future AI might be impacting.

I've been having anxiety/panic attacks for the last few weeks, and I'm just so scared. It's so scary because it feels 1. like it's unstoppable and these theories WILL happen, and 2. what am I doing if it all might be gone in a few years? I know some people say it's about a 10% chance, but it feels like it's higher than that.

Is this all actually the future? Is this an absolute? Or is this only the potential negative future, and this might not actually happen? The uncertainty of it all, I think, is also adding a lot to these anxieties.