Reading about existential risks, then talking with normal people—it feels like multiverse travel. Most people don’t register the danger. Not the immediate risks like climate change or nuclear war. Certainly not AI.
I remember a clip from Cunk on Earth, a British mockumentary. Philomena Cunk, the fictional TV host, asked an expert if it feels comforting that we don’t have nuclear weapons anymore. The expert said no—every major power has them. When Cunk realized this is true and how terrible this is, she broke down and cried.
That’s the reaction people should have. When someone says “the Earth is getting warmer” or “AI video models are improving,” people should cry. Instead they talk about it like it’s happening on another planet.
That is the hardest part when I think about these things.
Reading about existential risks, then talking with normal people—it feels like multiverse travel. Most people don’t register the danger. Not the immediate risks like climate change or nuclear war. Certainly not AI.
I remember a clip from Cunk on Earth, a British mockumentary. Philomena Cunk, the fictional TV host, asked an expert if it feels comforting that we don’t have nuclear weapons anymore. The expert said no—every major power has them. When Cunk realized this is true and how terrible this is, she broke down and cried.
That’s the reaction people should have. When someone says “the Earth is getting warmer” or “AI video models are improving,” people should cry. Instead they talk about it like it’s happening on another planet.
That is the hardest part when I think about these things.