An AI doesn't need to kill even nearly 100% of humanity in order to render us a non-threat.
Also there are plenty of doomer scenarios along the lines of e.g. some ethnosupremacist cult making a virus that kills everyone outside of their group.
Also there are plenty of doomer scenarios along the lines of e.g. some ethnosupremacist cult making a virus that kills everyone outside of their group.
And that was my reaction 15 or 20 years ago. It is only harder to poke holes in the logic now than it was then.