For sure, there are problems ascribed to all of these things consumed [ignorantly | irresponsibly | in excess]. Still, I've lived long enough to see many of these featured in hysterical "for the children" propaganda, and I find myself recoiling from that, maybe more than most. It's easy to see that AI (LLMs) are next on the list to be vilified, which seems absurd to me.

Undue alarmism against a thing does not render that thing harmless, even if the original alarmism is excessive.

We are in complete agreement on that. :^)

That is true but a 0.001% chance of causing novel problems is effectively zero for most people.

I do not believe it is 0.001%

Whatever the actual chance is, some fraction of the population will still believe it’s around that.