The same reason why there's not hundreds of papers about the benefits of Dyson spheres: without any ability to execute, it's just speculative science fiction.

The same reason why there's not hundreds of papers about the benefits of Dyson spheres: without any ability to execute, it's just speculative science fiction. And yes, that link is exactly the behavior I'm talking about. It makes it sound like it's a top issue for all these people. Most of them work at EA-related places, but I spot-checked (really, I did) five people who worked in CS research but not at an EA company. I couldn't find any other public statements that they thought AI was that important. Do they know their names are on this page? Appeal to authority is a classic cult/fraud/misinformation/conspiracist tactic. If it says "so-and-so believes this" and not "so-and-so believes this and here's why", it's suspect.