AI doom scenarios drawn as causal loops: great slasher logic, weak safety case
vishalmisra · x · 2026-09-12
Riding the "Scary Potter" wave, the author took the most popular AI-doom scenarios seriously and drew out their causal loops, cataloguing each argument chain. His verdict: they work as great slasher-movie logic but make for a less compelling safety architecture. The piece, "Show Me the Loop," maps out the doom scenarios systematically.
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