Dr. Li's philosophy outlined in the text, the primary risk of a lack of intention is losing the opportunity to actively shape the technology. If we only focus passively on what the technology is capable of ("What can AI do?"), we fail to address the most important question: "What will you let it become?".

Without intentionality and the proper "understanding to help decide," we risk surrendering our human agency in determining AI's future and passively accepting whatever the technology becomes, rather than guiding it to a desired outcome.