The distinction in the quoted text seems backward to me since the ‘x’ in x-risk refers to ‘existential’, i.e. a risk that we no longer exist (extinction specifically), whereas ‘doom’ seems (to me) to merely imply getting stuck at a bad equilibrium.
The distinction in the quoted text seems backward to me since the ‘x’ in x-risk refers to ‘existential’, i.e. a risk that we no longer exist (extinction specifically), whereas ‘doom’ seems (to me) to merely imply getting stuck at a bad equilibrium.