Buck up; it’s not a certain disaster. I think if you even averaged predictions from serious alignment researchers you’d get in the neighborhood of a 50% chance at survival and a really good (ultra-utopian or something) outcome.
It makes no sense to worry about something you can’t control. That doesn’t make the anxiety go away, but it can be the rationale that gets you to do the work to feel more relaxed. Gratitude is an empirically demonstrated route to more happiness. I feel grateful every day that I live in a warm house with good food, with little struggle for status or survival. The vast majority of humanity has not been so lucky. Taking that perspective was effortful when I started, but has become automatic through practice.
Buck up; it’s not a certain disaster. I think if you even averaged predictions from serious alignment researchers you’d get in the neighborhood of a 50% chance at survival and a really good (ultra-utopian or something) outcome.
It makes no sense to worry about something you can’t control. That doesn’t make the anxiety go away, but it can be the rationale that gets you to do the work to feel more relaxed. Gratitude is an empirically demonstrated route to more happiness. I feel grateful every day that I live in a warm house with good food, with little struggle for status or survival. The vast majority of humanity has not been so lucky. Taking that perspective was effortful when I started, but has become automatic through practice.