The correlation between believing in AI x-risk and having good epistemics is about to break
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-13
- @EigenGender argues that until now there has been a strong correlation between believing in existential risk from AI and having good epistemics — and that this correlation is about to break down.
- He thinks this will probably be good for the world, but "incredibly annoying" for him personally; the replying poster agrees and hadn't considered it from this angle.
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