AI is to Humanity as Humanity is to Termites

I am dismayed by the number of articles published lately that present the end of humanity at the hands of beings with Artificial Intelligence.  The common hypothesis is that their advanced intellect will discover humanity's unworthiness and terminate our species, for the good of the planet.  How stupid.
Try this analogy instead.  Humans look at the thousands of termite mounds dotting an African savannah, say, and wonder: "how could creatures with such puny brains construct rock-hard, air-conditioned houses so many hundreds of times taller than the creatures themselves using only particles of dirt?"  Now travel to the year 2200 and notice that AI beings regard Manhattan's buildings and wonder "how could creatures with such puny brains construct rock-hard, air-conditioned houses so many hundred of times taller than the creatures themselves using only particles of dirt?"
Yes, beings of superior intellect will spend almost no time noticing humans.  Only if we start invading their homes and threaten to collapse them will they take notice and poison everyone in the vicinity.  Humans will retreat and learn to keep their distance.