It strikes me many in our society live in a constant stream of perceived threats. If you are basically self propagandizing yourself that the world is a very dan

It strikes me many in our society live in a constant stream of perceived threats. If you are basically self propagandizing yourself that the world is a very dangerous place I don't think it is shocking to see major threats everywhere. I know some people that don't talk about anything other than perceived threats even though they literally live in the safest society in human history. AGI really fits this mindset like a glove because it can be perceived to be a threat to literally anything. It is the perfect idea to worry about. Chemists doing bad things is obviously not really something to worry about when doing a historic cost/benefit analysis so it won't even register.