Critics blast AI safety discourse for citing odds without showing how risks play out
ryunuck · x · 2026-11-11
A discussion on X criticizes the recurring pattern in AI risk discourse: claims of "10% chance" or "material risk" that never explain how a catastrophe would concretely unfold. The poster argues rationalist communities invoke the concept of "infohazard" to legitimize this evasion — claiming it's unsafe to describe the threat in detail.
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