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Right. Nobody makes a Pascal's wager-style argument in _favor_ of investing in AGI. People have sometimes made one against building AGI, on existential risk gro
by kalkin 11mo ago
Right. Nobody makes a Pascal's wager-style argument in _favor_ of investing in AGI. People have sometimes made one against building AGI, on existential risk grounds. The OP author is about as confused on this as the water usage point... But the appetite for arguments against AI (which has legitimate motivations!) is so high that people are willing to drop any critical thinking.
- wmf 11mo agoPeople have definitely made the argument that every day AGI is delayed, people are dying from things AGI could have cured etc.
- kalkin 11mo agoThat's not Pascal's Wager unless they're saying AGI has infinitesimal probability but infinite payoff, or something like that. If they think AGI is likely, they may be wrong but it's just technological optimism.