Avoiding AI is not the right approach. Accepting it with a pinch of salt is the most important thing that could be done. In practice that means always being a step back, the way Apple has led its technological efforts in comparison with all its competition. We need to make sure that humanity is not on the cliff hanging by a thread. We should be spectators as much as we are executers adopting what we see fit and avoiding what could hurt us in the long run.
