AI safety debate: why doomsayers' core technical argument resists clear communication
EigenGender · x · 2026-10-29
Around AI catastrophic-risk argumentation, the author responds to a critique: beyond the beginner-friendly framing in IABIED, the core argument rests on complex technical intuitions that its proponents have been unable to communicate clearly — the author tried hard to understand and remains unconvinced.
The quoted post notes the closest public treatment is a section on disjunctive failures, which doesn't support the level of confidence expressed; humans landed on the moon on the first crewed attempt, so such failures aren't as inevitable as claimed.
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