I think this is a vast overstatement. A small group of influential people are deathly afraid of AGI, or at least using that as a pretext to raise funding.
But I agree that there are so many more things we should be deathly afraid of. Climate change tops my personal list as the biggest existential threat to humanity.
I sure wish my conspiracy theories could lead to me running billion dollar projects to defend against my shadow demons. Instead I just get ratio'd by the internet and get awkward silences at family gatherings.
I think the sad part is that most people in power aren't planning to be around in 10 years, so they don't care about any long term issues that are cropping up. leave it to their grandchildren to burn with the world.
I think this is a vast overstatement. A small group of influential people are deathly afraid of AGI, or at least using that as a pretext to raise funding.
But I agree that there are so many more things we should be deathly afraid of. Climate change tops my personal list as the biggest existential threat to humanity.