10% Chance of Killing Everyone vs Certain Death of 10%: An AI Risk Dilemma
no_status_775 · reddit · 2026-09-10
A Reddit poll poses an AI risk trolley problem: would you accept a 10% chance of AI killing all humans, or a 100% certainty of killing 10% of them? Comments debate expected loss, uncertainty, and how to reason about catastrophic risk distributions.
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