Thanks for these reflections! Just one small clarification:
You are right that “concern for the immortal soul (post singularity consciousness) of every human on earth” may be off-putting to normies, and that such proclamations are best avoided in favor of more down-to-Earth considerations. And while my AI xrisk concern used to have quite a bit of that kind of utopian component, short AI timelines has shifted my point of view considerably, and I now worry mainly about the diminishing prospects for me, my loved ones and the remaining eight billion highly mortal humans alive today to make it into the 2030s and 2040s.
Thanks for these reflections! Just one small clarification:
You are right that “concern for the immortal soul (post singularity consciousness) of every human on earth” may be off-putting to normies, and that such proclamations are best avoided in favor of more down-to-Earth considerations. And while my AI xrisk concern used to have quite a bit of that kind of utopian component, short AI timelines has shifted my point of view considerably, and I now worry mainly about the diminishing prospects for me, my loved ones and the remaining eight billion highly mortal humans alive today to make it into the 2030s and 2040s.