There’s nothing wrong with bold predictions, but they should be paired with good methods. The doom predictions are not paired with good explanation.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kgb58RL88YChkkBNf/the-proble...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wy3xyoXYt8
Doomers have been working to explain things for years: https://www.lesswrong.com/w/ai-safety-public-materials-1