Rodrigo Heck comments on Peter Thiel’s speech at Oxford Debating Union on technological stagnation, Nuclear weapons, COVID, Environment, Alignment, ‘anti-anti anti-anti-classical liberalism’, Bostrom, LW, etc.

[Rodrigo Heck]

Well, Eliezer is the one making extraordinary claims, so I think I am justified in applying a high dose of skepticism before evidence of AI severely acting against humanity’s best interest pops up.

[Zachary]

Are you able to strong man the argument in favor of AI being an existential risk to humanity?