Comment on against "AI risk"

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:44:57 GMT

I have a few questions, and I apologize if these are too basic:

1) How concerned is SI with existential risks vs. how concerned is SI with catastrophic risks?

2) If SI is solely concerned with x-risks, do I assume correctly that you also think about how cat. risks can relate to x-risks (certain cat. risks might raise or lower the likelihood of other cat. risks, certain cat. risks might raise or lower the likelihood of certain x-risks, etc.)? It must be hard avoiding the conjunction fallacy! Or is this sort of thing more what the FHI does?

3) Is there much tension in SI thinking between achieving FAI as quickly as possible (to head off other x-risks and cat. risks) vs. achieving FAI as safely as possible (to head off UFAI), or does one of these goals occupy signficantly more of your attention and activities?

Edited to add: thanks for responding!

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