Hahaha destruction in the sense of leading to a dead end conversation with a bot :D I think AI won't be more kind as its creator, if the creator is a cold-blooded psycho destructions will be far more disastrous, your jazz reference is interesting also in this comment: Check this out.
I think philosophers can be a kind of safeguards, however humanities have to fight on more than one front, let's hope and work on the best :)