A 10% Chance It Kills Everyone: The Superintelligence Analogy Going Around
cccalum · x · 2026-10-14
Blogger cccalu captures superintelligence risk with an analogy: imagine a car maker saying "fastest, most comfortable car ever built. Hop in! Oh, and there's a 10% chance it kills everyone." That, he argues, is the experiment we're running with superintelligence. The post links the London Futurists Podcast episode "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness" by Conscium.
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