I didn’t downvote your comment, but for me, “they don’t seem to have failed after achieving AI, so I don’t know if that really tells us much” is an overwhelmingly strong objection to drawing any conclusion about existential risk from the Great Silence.
I didn’t downvote your comment, but for me, “they don’t seem to have failed after achieving AI, so I don’t know if that really tells us much” is an overwhelmingly strong objection to drawing any conclusion about existential risk from the Great Silence.
If it’s an overwhelmingly strong objection, why would people downvote me for raising it?