content: Many of the loudest voices warning about and trying to prepare society for a smoother introduction of AI are the people behind the system who would have been poised to become kings in an ill prepared society. For instance Elon Musk been speaking and acting on the issue constantly having done things like helped to start OpenAI which is a billion dollar completely not-for-profit organizations whose sole purpose is to ensure AI research is in the public domain and used for the public good instead of remaining relegated to corporations and governments. I think the rise in visibility is largely just people becoming more aware of the tech and where it's headed. That does kind of go with what you're saying but the implications are different. It's not out of personal concern, but social concern - people beginning to realize the world we all grew up in is headed towards revolutionary change that it's really not particularly well prepared for.