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Well, that's a different risk than human extinction. The statement here is about the literal end of the human race. AI being a big deal that could cause societa
by roywiggins 3y ago
Well, that's a different risk than human extinction. The statement here is about the literal end of the human race. AI being a big deal that could cause societal upheaval etc is one thing, "everyone is dead" is another thing entirely.
I think people would be a lot more charitable to calls for caution if these people were talking about sorts of risks instead of extinction.
- duvenaud 3y agoI guess so, but the difference between "humans are extinct" and "a small population of powerless humans survive in the margins as long as they don't cause trouble" seems pretty small to me. Most non-human primates are in a situation somewhere between these two. If you look at any of the writing on AI risk longer than one sentence, it usually hedges to include permanent human disempowerment as similar risk.