Professional “superforecasters” are more optimistic about the future than AI experts. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/07/10/what-are-the-chances-of-an-ai-apocalypse

#ai #existentialRisk #forecasting #theEconomist

OMG you guys I asked ChatGPT to tell me what is the best thing in the world and the answer it gave me will leave you speechless.

I have chills. The AI future is now.

#ai #chatgpt #existentialrisk #longtermism #AGI #lesswrong #effectivealtruism

Bonjour Mastodon!

I gave #Musk the benefit of the doubt and wanted to see what #Twitter would turn into before leaving. Well, unsurprisingly, it is turning into a kingdom run by an autocratic and erratic billionaire who can't stand criticism.

So here I am looking for recommendations for people to follow. Interested in #Disasters #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #ClimateChangeAdaptation #ClimateScience #AIRisk #ExistentialRisk #AISafety #Intersectionalism #CommonsGovernance #DirectDemocracy #TechRisk #DemocraticSocialism #Antiauthoritarianism #Antifascism

Wow, this article explains a very disturbing trend 🥵🥶

«The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk”»

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk

«What I find most unsettling about the longtermist ideology isn’t just that it contains all the ingredients necessary for a genocidal catastrophe in the name of realizing astronomical amounts of far-future “value.” Nor is it that this religious ideology has already infiltrated the consciousness of powerful actors…»

#LongTermism #ExistentialRisk