Edit: You don't need to paste the same comment all over this thread. Spamming doesn't lead to interesting conversation.
> So what would be your equivalent position in the 1940s about the nuclear solution?
I've seen people throwing that example in this thread and I don't see why.
Multiple countries invested heavily in building the bomb. It was not a question if building a bomb was possible, but rather how soon, and by whom.
> In other words, what are the risks and benefits of adopting a "worried" versus a "don't worry about it" position?
Some people do worry about it, but everyone need not. I don't.
> If there's a possible huge meteor (say 30% chance) of hitting the Earth in about 50 years, would you be "worried"?
Good example. No I wouldn't because I know we have systems monitoring for such an event. If something is coming, we will know about it. I'm not sure how far in advance we would know, but I expect as it got nearer more and more people would do their best to come up with a good solution.
We're no nearer to AGI today than we were when neural networks were developed 30 years ago. Science fiction would have you believe it, but we don't look at SciFi movies of the 50s as particularly prescient, and we shouldn't do so for today's films either.
> So what would be your equivalent position in the 1940s about the nuclear solution?
I've seen people throwing that example in this thread and I don't see why.
Multiple countries invested heavily in building the bomb. It was not a question if building a bomb was possible, but rather how soon, and by whom.
> In other words, what are the risks and benefits of adopting a "worried" versus a "don't worry about it" position?
Some people do worry about it, but everyone need not. I don't.
> If there's a possible huge meteor (say 30% chance) of hitting the Earth in about 50 years, would you be "worried"?
Good example. No I wouldn't because I know we have systems monitoring for such an event. If something is coming, we will know about it. I'm not sure how far in advance we would know, but I expect as it got nearer more and more people would do their best to come up with a good solution.
We're no nearer to AGI today than we were when neural networks were developed 30 years ago. Science fiction would have you believe it, but we don't look at SciFi movies of the 50s as particularly prescient, and we shouldn't do so for today's films either.