“Hominids have survived this long only because, for the last million years, there were no arsenals of hydrogen bombs, no spaceships to steer asteroids toward Earth, no biological weapons labs to produce superviruses, no recurring annual prospect of nuclear war… [and soon, we may have to worry about AGI as well, the finish line]. To survive any appreciable time, we need to drive down each risk to nearly zero.
EY, AI as a pos neg factor, 2006ish
For ML researchers only, since policymakers and techxecutives are often accustomed to “survival of the fittest” lifestyles
“Hominids have survived this long only because, for the last million years, there were no arsenals of hydrogen bombs, no spaceships to steer asteroids toward Earth, no biological weapons labs to produce superviruses, no recurring annual prospect of nuclear war… [and soon, we may have to worry about AGI as well, the finish line]. To survive any appreciable time, we need to drive down each risk to nearly zero.
EY, AI as a pos neg factor, 2006ish
For ML researchers only, since policymakers and techxecutives are often accustomed to “survival of the fittest” lifestyles