HaydnB comments on Existential risks open thread - Less Wrong

10 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 31 March 2013 12:52AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 31 March 2013 05:41:56PM 1 point [-]

People like Bostrom and Martin Rees are certainly engaged in raising public awareness through the media. There's extensive lobbying on some risks, like global warming, nuclear weapons and asteroid defence. In relation to bio/nano/AI the most important thing to do at the moment is research - lobbying should wait until it's clearer what should be done. Although perhaps not - look at the mess over flu research.