I'm currently thinking that if there are any political or PR resources available to orgs (AI-related or EA) now is the time to use them. Public interest is fickle, and currently most people don't seem to know what to think, and are looking for serious-seeming people to tell them whether or not to see this as a threat. If we fail to act, someone else will likely hijack the narrative, and push it in a useless or even negative direction. I don't know how far we can go, or how likely it is, but we can't assume we'll get another chance before the public falls back asleep or gets distracted (the US has an election next year, so most discourse will then likely become poisoned). This is especially important for those in the community who are viewed as "serious people" or "serious organizations" (lots of academic credentials, etc.)
I think being open to talking with as many people as you can about AGI x-risk is especially important now. This is a chance for it to become a mainstream political issue. Try and steer conversations about AI-induced job losses toward "the big one, the AI Apocalypse; that's the end game that we need to prevent".
I'll note that I've been using the term "AI Apocalypse" to refer to AGI x-risk in a non-jargony way for a while now, when talking to friends and family outside of the EA/LW/x-risk community.