I don’t understand why economic disruption and human obsolescence isn’t considered an existential risk. We could end up in a world where 99.99% of people are redundant and useless cost centers for our GDP maximizing economic paradigm. In that case, you don’t need killer robots in order to push humanity towards near-extinction. The invisible hand will smite them.
But don’t worry, TED Talk attendee. The obsoletariat mostly won’t be Americans. The median member of this class will probably be Chinese or Indian. So you can continue your performative concerns about Roko’s Basillisk or whatever topic of distant, paralyzing uncertainty is overflowing from the next room into mine.
But don’t worry, TED Talk attendee. The obsoletariat mostly won’t be Americans. The median member of this class will probably be Chinese or Indian. So you can continue your performative concerns about Roko’s Basillisk or whatever topic of distant, paralyzing uncertainty is overflowing from the next room into mine.