I definitely think he could have used a more expressive term, but nevertheless, I believe at this point the vast majority of people who use the term X-risk don’t do so with Bostrom’s intended meaning in mind, because very few are as extreme total utilitarians as him. And at that point I think we can just say the word’s meaning has shifted. May be annoying for Bostrom, but think of Richard Dawkins and what has become of “meme”. It happens.
I definitely think he could have used a more expressive term, but nevertheless, I believe at this point the vast majority of people who use the term X-risk don’t do so with Bostrom’s intended meaning in mind, because very few are as extreme total utilitarians as him. And at that point I think we can just say the word’s meaning has shifted. May be annoying for Bostrom, but think of Richard Dawkins and what has become of “meme”. It happens.