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I'm not sure how someone standing on a soapbox and yelling "AI is going to kill us al!" (Bostrom, admittedly not a quote) can be interpreted as actually helping get more people into practical AI research and development.
You seem to be presenting a false choice: is there more awareness of AI in a world with Bostrom et al, or the same world without? But it doesn't have to be that way. Ray Kurzweil has done quite a bit to keep interest in AI alive without fear mongering. Maybe we need more Kurzweils and fewer Bostroms.
Data point: a feeling that I ought to do something about AI risk is the only reason why I submitted an FLI grant proposal that involves some practical AI work, rather than just figuring that the field isn't for me and doing something completely different.