Maybe I should have stated this differently in the post. Many conversations end up talking about X-risks at some point but usually only after it went through the other stuff. I think my main learning was just that starting with X-risk as the motivation did not seem very convincing.
Also, there is a big difference in how you talk about X-risk. You could say stuff like “there are plausible arguments why X-risk could lead to extinction but even experts are highly uncertain about this” or “We’re all gonna die” and the more moderate version seems clearly more persuasive.
Maybe I should have stated this differently in the post. Many conversations end up talking about X-risks at some point but usually only after it went through the other stuff. I think my main learning was just that starting with X-risk as the motivation did not seem very convincing.
Also, there is a big difference in how you talk about X-risk. You could say stuff like “there are plausible arguments why X-risk could lead to extinction but even experts are highly uncertain about this” or “We’re all gonna die” and the more moderate version seems clearly more persuasive.