Sure, that would be a more pressing concern.... if it were to happen. What's the probability of it happening? What's the probability that an AI powerful enough to do that is even possible?
Meanwhile, we've got a war in Ukraine with probability 1.
So AI risk has to get in line with global nuclear war, and giant meteor strikes, and supervolcanoes - risks that are serious concerns, and could cause massive damage if they happened, but are not drop-everything-now-and-focus-your-entire-existence-on-this-one-threat levels of probability.
Meanwhile, we've got a war in Ukraine with probability 1.
So AI risk has to get in line with global nuclear war, and giant meteor strikes, and supervolcanoes - risks that are serious concerns, and could cause massive damage if they happened, but are not drop-everything-now-and-focus-your-entire-existence-on-this-one-threat levels of probability.