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Comment author: username2 21 March 2016 11:48:39AM 3 points [-]

What does Nassim Taleb think about existential risks and existential risk research? He sounds like a kind of person who might be interested in such things?

Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 21 March 2016 11:26:59PM *  4 points [-]

My guess is that he is worried about existential risks, but of the Black Swan type: risks that can't be predicted or theorized about far in advance.

Comment author: SanguineEmpiricist 24 March 2016 09:02:38PM 3 points [-]

He liked Bostrom's new institute dedicated to existential risks. He doesn't think AI is a ruin-style risk, saying it requires "risk vigilance" but isn't a ruin type risk yet, and that he would be willing to reconsider later.

He has his own risk initiative called the "Extreme risk initiative".