Domingos: Effective altruists' discount rate is too low, fixated on fantastical AI extinction
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-20
ML researcher Pedro Domingos argues that effective altruists have a discount rate that is far too low because it ignores their probability of being wrong, leading them to fixate on preventing fantastical AI extinction scenarios. A pointed contribution to the AI-risk debate.
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