Would you trade 20 extra healthy years for 2x humanity's extinction risk?
inductionheads · x · 2026-10-20
An AI-safety researcher poses a thought experiment: assuming you have no children or close descendants, would you take an extra 20 healthy years of life if it meant humanity's extinction risk doubled 100 years after you die? The question probes the tension between personal benefit and long-term existential risk.
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