Yes, there are risks in foresight and avoidance. Drivers can swerve into oncoming traffic and so forth. However I posit that for every driver that swerves into danger there are scores or more who swerve out of harm's way.

The point of my post was that I did not foresee, nor did almost anyone, but we were idealistic and as a community we had not had the pervasive impact that Computer Science has now had on people's lives. We now have a far greater resource, experience and responsibility to innovate responsibly and with care. Delinquent and careless research that creates harm is unacceptable.