I certainly don’t think we should keep using the old terms with different meanings. I suggest using some new, cleaner terms that are more conducive to probabilistic thinking. In practice I’m sure people will still talk about existential risk for the reason you give, but perhaps less so, or perhaps specifically when talking about less probabilistic concepts such as population ethics discussions.
I certainly don’t think we should keep using the old terms with different meanings. I suggest using some new, cleaner terms that are more conducive to probabilistic thinking. In practice I’m sure people will still talk about existential risk for the reason you give, but perhaps less so, or perhaps specifically when talking about less probabilistic concepts such as population ethics discussions.