alt Hacker News> Danger from magical daemons seems more sensible to such people. At least there is endless lore about them.
There's endless lore about rogue AI, too.
Hence why so many AI stories are illustrated with a publicity still from Terminator or 2001. Or Age of Ultron. Or Ex Machina. Or Portal.
Those are all movies and movies that people who like sci-fi watch.
Comparatively, every single human culture going back tens of thousands of years, has stories of demons and gods and witches and warlocks and you name it.