"the merge" may or may not happen in our lifetimes. current AI tech has a ceiling, even if we havent hit it yet. that ceiling may be AGI, it may not, who know

"the merge" may or may not happen in our lifetimes. current AI tech has a ceiling, even if we havent hit it yet. that ceiling may be AGI, it may not, who knows The bigger question, if we want to make human life better, is: should we worry about AGI more than other things? One can argue that if people want to help their fellow humans, theyd get the most value for their time, say, volunteering with the many 8th graders in east palo alto who can't even spell their first name, rather than trying to prevent an AI apocalypse that they cant even predict with any degree of accuracy I think it is good and important that people develop AI responsibly and think about these things, but does this topic really deserve more public attention than the many other threats and challenges that humanity faces? I know sam and elon and others are very smart and have large megaphones, but we should certainly question their priorities