On: Statement on AI Risk

[rad88]

I'm saying that it's unscientific nonsense. Bolstrom has predicted that the number of people potentially in the future is between approximately 0 and 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. This isn't an estimate that can or should factor into any decision at all. 100B people are going to live in the 21st century. Worry about them.

[adamsmith143 → rad88]

I think discounting future lives because you can't precisely count them is immoral at best and actively evil at worst.