Us being in the same pool as AI is one of the potential risks pointed out by AI safety experts.

To use an analogy, imagine you're a small fluffy mammal that lives in fertile soils in open plains. Suddenly a bunch of humans show up with plows and till you and your environment under to grow crops.

Maybe the humans suddenly won't need crops any longer and you'll get your territory back. But if that doesn't happen and a paradigm change occurred you're in trouble.