every day the newspapers had articles about how we were on the verge of nuclear war

And it was true. For example, at least in one instance, a single person prevented it.

Something being likely and there being reports about it, does not mean that the risk wasn’t real if the threat is eventually prevented.

There’s plenty of evidence to support the claims of AI causing havoc on the economy when it finally fails. It’s an economically unviable product built by stealing from literally the entire world and then using obscene amounts of resources to function.