People are concerned about AGI because it could lead to human extinction or civilizational collapse. That really seems like it affects everyone. It’s more analogous to nuclear war. If there was a full scale global nuclear war, being privileged would not help you very much.
Besides, if you’re going to make the point that AI is just like every other issue in affecting the most vulnerable, then you haven’t explained why people don’t care about AI risk. That is, you haven’t identified something unique about AI. You could apply the same argument to climate change, to pandemic risk, to inequality. All of these issues disproportionately affect the poor, yet all of them occupy substantially more public discussion than AI. What makes AI different?
People are concerned about AGI because it could lead to human extinction or civilizational collapse. That really seems like it affects everyone. It’s more analogous to nuclear war. If there was a full scale global nuclear war, being privileged would not help you very much.
Besides, if you’re going to make the point that AI is just like every other issue in affecting the most vulnerable, then you haven’t explained why people don’t care about AI risk. That is, you haven’t identified something unique about AI. You could apply the same argument to climate change, to pandemic risk, to inequality. All of these issues disproportionately affect the poor, yet all of them occupy substantially more public discussion than AI. What makes AI different?