Technical note, I’m focusing on existential catastrophes, not normal catastrophes, and the difference is that no humans have power anymore, compared to only a few humans having power, so this mostly excludes scenarios like these:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pZhEQieM9otKXhxmd/gradual-disempowerment-systemic-existential-risks-from
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/2ujT9renJwdrcBqcE/the-benevolence-of-the-butcher
Technical note, I’m focusing on existential catastrophes, not normal catastrophes, and the difference is that no humans have power anymore, compared to only a few humans having power, so this mostly excludes scenarios like these:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pZhEQieM9otKXhxmd/gradual-disempowerment-systemic-existential-risks-from
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/2ujT9renJwdrcBqcE/the-benevolence-of-the-butcher