Zvi’s summary here isn’t quite right, the book is arguing the conditional “if we end up with overwhelming superintelligence (via explosion or otherwise) then everyone dies.”
And yep, it is a fine counterresponse to say “but there will not be overwhelming superintelligence.” (I mean, seems false and I have no idea why you believe that, but, yep, if that were true, then people would not (necessarily) die for the reasons the book warns about)
Zvi’s summary here isn’t quite right, the book is arguing the conditional “if we end up with overwhelming superintelligence (via explosion or otherwise) then everyone dies.”
And yep, it is a fine counterresponse to say “but there will not be overwhelming superintelligence.” (I mean, seems false and I have no idea why you believe that, but, yep, if that were true, then people would not (necessarily) die for the reasons the book warns about)