There are a lot of separate, distinct groups who all focus their concerns on different problems. They're all worried, but the implications of their worrying take on entirely different scopes. The problem is that each level of direness nullifies any sense of urgency regarding the next one down.
People worried about their own jobs changing/getting fired seem inconsequential to people worried about major sweeping disruptions in the world economy
Worrying about major disruptions in the world economy seems pointless to those worrying about an impending dystopian cyber-dictatorship
Worrying about a dystopian cyber-dictatorship seems pointless to those worrying about ASI end-of-humanity scenarios
And people who think AI is a big nothingburger don't care about any of these issues.
Before we can make collective judgements and positive action towards the future, we have to triage and align ourselves with a shared sense of what's actually happening, and what is important with regards to these new, inevitable changes.
People worried about their own jobs changing/getting fired seem inconsequential to people worried about major sweeping disruptions in the world economy
Worrying about major disruptions in the world economy seems pointless to those worrying about an impending dystopian cyber-dictatorship
Worrying about a dystopian cyber-dictatorship seems pointless to those worrying about ASI end-of-humanity scenarios
And people who think AI is a big nothingburger don't care about any of these issues.
Before we can make collective judgements and positive action towards the future, we have to triage and align ourselves with a shared sense of what's actually happening, and what is important with regards to these new, inevitable changes.