I think A and B are both wrong in the quoted text because they’re forgetting that IGF doesn’t apply at the species level. A species can evolve to extinction to optimize IGF.
The general lack of concern about existential risk is very compatible with the IGF-optimization hypothesis. If the godshatter hypothesis or shard theory hypothesis is true then we have to also conclude that people are short-sighted idiots. Which isn’t a big leap.
I think A and B are both wrong in the quoted text because they’re forgetting that IGF doesn’t apply at the species level. A species can evolve to extinction to optimize IGF.
The general lack of concern about existential risk is very compatible with the IGF-optimization hypothesis. If the godshatter hypothesis or shard theory hypothesis is true then we have to also conclude that people are short-sighted idiots. Which isn’t a big leap.