> You won't find the likes of Yudkowsky talking about this because they'd rather go on about their fan fiction than actually work to prevent real problems we ma

> You won't find the likes of Yudkowsky talking about this because they'd rather go on about their fan fiction than actually work to prevent real problems we may face soon. The fact that they've tricked some really smart people into going along with their shenanigans is extremely disappointing. I think it's more disappointing that the fact that lots of smart people are extremely worried about something, doesn't cause onlookers to get worried - it causes them to be dismissive. Yudkowsky and others had certain worries, as more people heard their arguments and technology improved, more and more smart people increasingly got convinced of these arguments. Instead of listening to them or considering that they might have a point, many people here are extremely dismissive - "they're tricked", "they watch too many sci-fi movies", "they're corporate shills", etc, even when all of these arguments can be refuted by two simple ideas - there are many different people with different backgrounds getting worried, and most of them weren't worried 10 years ago, but are worried now, meaning their point of view changed with growing evidence. Let me ask you this: at what point will you be worried? What would it take? If some of the people who built these technologies are worried isn't enough to cause you to change your mind (or at least consider that they might have a point), what will? Note: For the record, I'm also worried about your specific "today" worries. I just hate the dismissiveness of your last paragraph (and of a common sentiment on HN).