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I just don't see the point in wasting too much effort on a hypothetical risk when there are actual risks (incl. those from AI). Granted, the hypothetical existe
by RandomLensman 3y ago
I just don't see the point in wasting too much effort on a hypothetical risk when there are actual risks (incl. those from AI). Granted, the hypothetical existential risk is far easier to discuss etc. than to deal with actual existential risks.
There is an endless list of hypothetical existential risks one could think of, so that is a direction to nowhere.
- ethanbond 3y agoAll risks are hypothetical Many items on the endless list of hypothetical x-risks don’t have big picture forces acting on them in quite the same way e.g. roughly infinite economic upside by getting within a hair’s breadth of realizing the risk.
- RandomLensman 3y agoNo, some risks are known to exist, other just might exist. If you walk across a busy street without looking, there is a risk of being run over - nothing hypothetical about that risk. In contrast, I might fear the force gravity suddenly disappearing but that isn't an actual risk as far as we understand our reality. Not sure where infinite economic upside comes from, how does that work?