> The alternative isn’t “everyone dying.” It’s us holding all the cards.
That's one outcome, certainly, but not the only one nor, I contend, the most likely one.
A most likely outcome of ASI is human extinction, because there's more paths to an ELE outcome for humans from ASI than there is for non-extinction level outcome.
Your outcome is only possible if:
1. ASI is never able to escape the confines it is placed in.
2. ASI is benevolent to humans.
3. ASI decides, in the spirit of its benevolence, that it should restrict its involvement in humans.
If all three of the above conditions are met, then sure, your outcome is possible. If not, humanity as we know it will end.
It is unlikely that those 3 conditions will all hold, though.
Human extinction is good. Finally we built a benevolent world exploder. Oh no! The negative utilitarians get what they wanted finally!
If ASI is trying to wipe out all humans, we probably deserved it. Unironically!