Or because people see:

1) their electricity bills rising

2) their land prices (read: rent) rising

3) actual fucking nutjobs in charge of these companies who can't seem to simply not say actual nutjob shit all the fucking time

4) entry level jobs disappearing

5) the obvious fact that "I am building the most powerful technology ever" means "the already-powerful people who own these technologies and companies are working to become vastly more powerful"

And I say this as someone who uses and loves using AI heavily across both my personal and professional life. It's better to grapple directly with the fact that people have very legitimate fears and concerns around this technology and the people who own it.