Who are the actual scientists and engineers, what do they think, and are they not allowed to to blog?

As far as I'm aware, lots of them are actually deeply concerned about AI killing everyone.

I'm talking specifically about discourse like Jacob Coxon's tweet thread and later communication. Those are the folks[1] you want to be listening to, not the nuts with the blogs, no matter how much a particular conspiracy confirms your priors.

Salvation will come in a whitepaper, not a screed.

[1] And yes, that includes Amodei and Altman.