No, AI Will Not Doom Us All. We have REAL AI Problems to deal with instead.

My take on the "AI Doomer" movement and especially the "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" school of thought.

Sources:
AI 2027: https://ai-2027.com/

Examples of dangerous things AIs are already doing that we need to worry about instead of Doomerism:
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/after-using-chatgpt-man-swaps-his-salt-for-sodium-bromide-and-suffers-psychosis/
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/self-driving-uber-car-hit-killed-woman-did-not-recognize-n1079281
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/01/gms-cruise-av-incident-heres-why-the-car-dragged-the-pedestrian-20-feet/
https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/11/ai-chatbots-fake-therapists/
https://abc7ny.com/post/man-falsely-jailed-nypds-facial-recognition-surveillance-tech-failed/17664671/

Asteroid Safety vs Airline Safety:
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/Chicxulub/
https://undark.org/2025/01/24/asteroid-defense-spending/
https://www.cirium.com/thoughtcloud/flying-safer-than-ever-the-evolution-of-aviation-safety/

Volkswagon Scandal, and accountability:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/business/international/vw-diesel-emissions-scandal-explained.html
https://fortune.com/europe/2025/05/26/former-volkswagen-managers-convicted-dieselgate-emissions-cheating/

Power grids and data centers:
https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/data-center-energy-needs-are-upending-power-grids-and-threatening-the-climate
https://paylesspower.com/blog/blackout-tracker/

00:00 About AI Doomerism
01:10 Intro
02:11 "Death from AI" is like "Death From Above"
04:23 Why the AI Industry keeps pushing this
05:35 AI Fraud vs Volkswagen Emissions Fraud
07:10 Point of Personal Reflection
09:29 Why the AIs can't kill us all
09:48 The Last-Ditch Off-Button
12:13 Stupidity of Scenarios you're supposed to believe
16:12 AI is Dangerous NOW