>The extinction risk argument is somewhat plausible in the long term[0], but it doesn't seem that we are especially close to developing that class of problem.

>The extinction risk argument is somewhat plausible in the long term[0], but it doesn't seem that we are especially close to developing that class of problem. The parable at the beginning of Superintelligence relates to this; the problem looks far away, but we don't know where, precisely it will arise, or if it will be too late when we realize it.