Are you literally me? I’ve said almost the same thing in some reddit threads. Innovation should not be stopped only because some people are afraid of something they know nothing about.
The ones who claim little risk of ASI doom are either omniscient or fools. The best tool humanity has to predict the future with our feeble minds with some consistent performance is the wisdom of the crowds. Lately a huge portion of the folk working in contact with AI have warned about a significant impending risk regarding future AI research. Regardless of what your personal opinion happens to be, this is indicative of a significantly increased probability of ASI doom in the near future.
Which is ironic, because this makes it sound like you know nothing about AI safety. ;) Have a read of, say, Anthropic's core views on their website. Or maybe see what people like Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, or Stuart Russell have to say (to name a just a few).