Want to chip in that the interest for this post and huge comment thread lends evidence towards the bet being good for Greg’s reason below, even if he could have done far better on the odds/financial front.
”Also, the signalling value of the wager is pretty important too imo. I want people to put their money where their mouth is if they are so sure that AI x-risk isn’t a near term problem. And I want to put my money where my mouth is too, to show how serious I am about this.”
Want to chip in that the interest for this post and huge comment thread lends evidence towards the bet being good for Greg’s reason below, even if he could have done far better on the odds/financial front.
”Also, the signalling value of the wager is pretty important too imo. I want people to put their money where their mouth is if they are so sure that AI x-risk isn’t a near term problem. And I want to put my money where my mouth is too, to show how serious I am about this.”