If I understand you correctly, you are saying this: “Don’t bother with this superintelligence risk, for it is incredibly tiny.”
No, not really. I am not saying that because GiveWell says that the Against Malaria Foundation is the number #1 charity, treating children for parasite infections in sub-Saharan Africa should be ignored.
This is a delicate problem and if it was up to me to allocate the resources of the world then existential risk researchers, including SIAI, would receive their share of funding. But if I could only choose one cause, either SIAI or something else, then I wouldn’t choose SIAI.
My opinion on the topic is highly volatile though. There have been moments when I thought that SIAI is best choice when it comes to charitable giving. There has been a time when I was completely sure that a technological singularity will happen soon. Maybe I will change my mind again. I suggest everyone to research the topic themselves.
If I understand you correctly, you are saying this: “Don’t bother with this superintelligence risk, for it is incredibly tiny.”
A bold statement. Too bold for a potentially disastrous chain of events, which you assure us it’s just impossible.
No, not really. I am not saying that because GiveWell says that the Against Malaria Foundation is the number #1 charity, treating children for parasite infections in sub-Saharan Africa should be ignored.
This is a delicate problem and if it was up to me to allocate the resources of the world then existential risk researchers, including SIAI, would receive their share of funding. But if I could only choose one cause, either SIAI or something else, then I wouldn’t choose SIAI.
My opinion on the topic is highly volatile though. There have been moments when I thought that SIAI is best choice when it comes to charitable giving. There has been a time when I was completely sure that a technological singularity will happen soon. Maybe I will change my mind again. I suggest everyone to research the topic themselves.
This I agree. I won’t buy the whole package from the SIAI, I won’t even donate them under the current conditions.
But I see some of their points as extremely important and I am happy that they exist and do what they do.