I share this concern, and this was my biggest hesitation to making this post. I’m open to the argument that this post was pretty net bad because of that.
If you’re finding things like existential dread concerning, I’ll flag that the numbers in this post are actually fairly low in the grand scheme of total risks to you over your life − 3.7% just isn’t that high. Dying young just isn’t that likely.
I share this concern, and this was my biggest hesitation to making this post. I’m open to the argument that this post was pretty net bad because of that.
If you’re finding things like existential dread concerning, I’ll flag that the numbers in this post are actually fairly low in the grand scheme of total risks to you over your life − 3.7% just isn’t that high. Dying young just isn’t that likely.
You know, even disregarding AI, I’d never have thought that I had a ~5% chance of dying in the next 30 years. It’s frightening.
I wouldn’t take this as bearing on the matter that you replied to in any way, though.