Applying Pascal's Wager to AI risk: bet that AI can control us
begusgasper · x · 2026-10-07
The author adapts Pascal's Wager to AI risk: if we believe AI can control us and it can't, we lose little; if we dismiss the singularity while AI actually can control us, we risk losing everything—so, he argues, wager without hesitation that AI is capable of controlling us. A viewpoint contribution to the AI risk debate.
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