It depends on exactly what you mean by “existential risk”. Development will likely—IMO—create genetic and phenotypic takeovers in due course—as the bioverse becomes engineered. That will mean no more “wild” humans.
That is something which some people seem to wail and wave their hands about—talking about the end of the human race.
The end of earth-originating civilisation seems highly unlikely to me too—which is not to say that the small chance of it is not significant enough to discuss.
It depends on exactly what you mean by “existential risk”. Development will likely—IMO—create genetic and phenotypic takeovers in due course—as the bioverse becomes engineered. That will mean no more “wild” humans.
That is something which some people seem to wail and wave their hands about—talking about the end of the human race.
The end of earth-originating civilisation seems highly unlikely to me too—which is not to say that the small chance of it is not significant enough to discuss.
Eliezer’s main case for that appears to be on http://lesswrong.com/lw/y3/value_is_fragile/
I think that document is incoherent.