This is not exactly true. Here is similar statistics ("what is a greatest danger in 21 century ") from astronomy forum :
Nuclear war - 19.8 % Resources depletion - 10 % Nothing, there is no threat - 9,4% Asteroid - 8,4 % Lack of interest for life - 6.3% Overpopulation - 5.5% AI - 4.5% Simulation shutdown - 3.9% Solar flare - 3.7% Grey goo - 2.4% Biological weapons - 3.5% Supervulcano - 2.6%
(rest goes to "other" ).
If I were to ask the question "What threat poses the greatest risk to society/humanity?" to several communities I would expect to get some answers that follow a predictable trend:
If I asked the question on an HBD blog I'd probably get one of the answers demographic disaster/dysgenics/immigration.
If I asked the question to a bunch of environmentalists they'd probably say global warming or pollution.
If I asked the question on a leftist blog I might get the answer: growing inequality/exploitation of workers.
If I asked the question to Catholic bishops they might say abortion/sexual immorality.
And if I were to ask the question on LessWrong (which is heavily populated by Computer scientists and programmers) many would respond with unfriendly AI.
One of these groups might be right, I don't know. However I would treat all of their claims with caution.
Edit: This may not be a bad from thing from an instrumental rationality perspective. If you think that the problem you're working on is really important then you're more likely to put a good effort into solving it.