I have the opposite perception, that "Singularity" is worse than "artificial intelligence."
I see... I'm not sure what to suggest then. Anyone else have ideas?
I'm also not sure exactly what you mean by the "single scenario" getting privileged, or where you would draw the lines.
I think the scenario that "AI risk" tends to bring to mind is a de novo or brain-inspired AGI (excluding uploads) rapidly destroying human civilization. Here are a couple of recent posts along these lines and using the phrase "AI risk".
"Posthumanity" or "posthuman intelligence" or something of the sort might be an accurate summary of the class of events you have in mind, but it sounds a lot less respectable than "AI". (Though maybe not less respectable than "Singularity"?)
Why does SI/LW focus so much on AI-FOOM disaster, with apparently much less concern for things like
Why, for example, is lukeprog's strategy sequence titled "AI Risk and Opportunity", instead of "The Singularity, Risks and Opportunities"? Doesn't it seem strange to assume that both the risks and opportunities must be AI related, before the analysis even begins? Given our current state of knowledge, I don't see how we can make such conclusions with any confidence even after a thorough analysis.
SI/LW sometimes gives the impression of being a doomsday cult, and it would help if we didn't concentrate so much on a particular doomsday scenario. (Are there any doomsday cults that say "doom is probably coming, we're not sure how but here are some likely possibilities"?)