The former is an argument for why AGI Safety is potentially a really big problem (maybe biggest problem of our lifetimes), and the latter is stepping into the internal thought processes of an individual trying to decide whether to work on AGI safety over other important longtermist causes.
Two articles that you might find helpful:
AGI Safety from First Principles by richard_ngo
My Personal Cruxes for Working on AGI Safety by Buck
The former is an argument for why AGI Safety is potentially a really big problem (maybe biggest problem of our lifetimes), and the latter is stepping into the internal thought processes of an individual trying to decide whether to work on AGI safety over other important longtermist causes.