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Not necessarily. Couldn't one argue that technological advancement is neutral? It'd be hard for farmers to detect and blow up incoming asteroids, for example.
Don't think "neutral" is the right word, it's more like technological progress has two consequences pushing in different directions. On the one hand, tech makes humanity better equipped to deal with existential risk that is there regardless (e.g. asteroids). On the other hand, tech creates new kinds of existential risk (e.g. grey goo). Which effect is stronger/more important is debatable.