I think the meta-argument for doomerism is that maybe it is unlikely that the doomers are correct, but even if there is a 1% chance they are right - then we should still move very carefully.

> Sci-fi scenarios where a superhuman intelligence exterminates humanity (or worse) are fantastical and not deserving of serious consideration. Entertaining them risks losing the enormous benefits that AI could provide.

I think people are realizing that pandering to "what is reasonable" and discounting "sci-fi" scenarios matters little in a world that is approaching, if not in, sci-fi territory.