Biotech - "what we are building our noble prize winning expertd say will likely will end humanity, wanna buy shares?" Oil - "this will likely lead to the end of civilization, 20% of leaders in the field say so, wanna buy shares?"
I keep seeing this take that this is a marketing stunt. The burden of proof is on those that say so. The most parsimonious explanation is simply that real experts in AI believe the risk is very real, and not for ideological reasons.