I personally agree with the OP, and have found at least the US’s response to Covid-19 fairly important for modeling how it might respond to AI. I also found it particularly interesting that it focused on the “Slow Takeoff” scenario. I wouldn’t have thought to make that specific comparison, and found it surprisingly apt.
I also think that, regardless of whether one agrees with the OP, I think “how humanity collectively responded to Covid-19” is still important evidence in some form about how we can expect them to handle other catastrophes, and worth paying attention to, and perhaps debating.
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I personally agree with the OP, and have found at least the US’s response to Covid-19 fairly important for modeling how it might respond to AI. I also found it particularly interesting that it focused on the “Slow Takeoff” scenario. I wouldn’t have thought to make that specific comparison, and found it surprisingly apt.
I also think that, regardless of whether one agrees with the OP, I think “how humanity collectively responded to Covid-19” is still important evidence in some form about how we can expect them to handle other catastrophes, and worth paying attention to, and perhaps debating.