AI Community Debates Whether Doom Probabilities Need Justification
Posts by Austen and others sparked debate in the AI community: anyone assigning over 10% probability to human extinction within a decade should explain their reasoning and what evidence would change their mind, criticizing fear-mongering without justifiable grounds.
2026-09-09 ~ 2026-09-11 · 2 related posts
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