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But Have They Engaged with the Arguments? SHAREphiliptrammell.com/blog/46 · 29 DEC 2019 · #46 Some smart people, including some of my friends, believe that advanced AI poses a serious threat to human civilization in the near future, and that AI safety research is therefore one of the most valuable uses, if not the very most valuable use, of philanthropic talent and money. But most smart people, as far as I can judge their behavior—including some, like Mark Zuckerberg and Robin Hanson, who have expressed their thoughts on this explicitly—do not believe this. (I, for whatever it's worth, am agnostic.) In my experience, when someone points out the existence of smart skeptics like these, believers often respond: “Sure, those people dismiss AI risk. But have they engaged with the arguments?” If the answer is no, it seems obvious that those who have engaged with the arguments have nothing to learn from these skeptics' judgment. If you aren't worried about rain because you saw a weather

But Have They Engaged with the Arguments? SHARE philiptrammell.com/blog/46 · 29 Dec 2019 · #46 Some smart people, including some of my friends, believe that advanced AI poses a serious threat to human civilization in the near future, and that AI safety research is therefore one of the most valuable uses, if not the very most valuable use, of philanthropic talent and money. But most smart people, as far as I can judge their behavior-including some, like Mark Zuckerberg and Robin Hanson, who have expressed their thoughts on this explicitly-do not believe this. (I, for whatever it's

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