Comment by hackingonempty

Possible AI threats barely register compared to the actual rising spectre of nuclear war. The USA, long a rogue state that invaded others at is convenience, is systematically dismantling the world order installed to prevent another world war, has allowed arms control treaties to expire and is talking about developing new nuclear weapons and testing, has already threatened to invade its allies, is pulling out of treaties that might prevent mass destabilization caused by rising sea levels and climate change, and more.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has good reasons to set the doomsday clock at 85 seconds to midnight, closer to doomsday than ever before.