Should AI lab staff be required to have 3 kids? A debate on doomerism and incentives
scott_e_reed · x · 2026-09-10
A provocative take argues AI lab employees should be required to have at least 3 kids to ground them and align their interests—perhaps their creations' too—with humanity's. It also claims elite doomerism is sincere because high p(doom) correlates with high p(imortality|alignment), unlike performed beliefs like climate apocalypse.
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