The Bostrom wager is "insanely selfish": a sharp attack on longtermist AI-risk logic
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-10
tszzl argues the Bostrom wager — gambling humanity's future to avert extinction — is "preposterously selfish" and that "dragon-tyrant" longtermist rhetoric must be retired: eight billion natural deaths isn't even close to the tragedy scale of human extinction. Circulating amid the Anthropic resignation controversy, it highlights rifts inside the AI-risk camp.
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