I don’t think my reasoning is around wanting to stay sane at all. Most of my reasoning revolves around base rates, examining current systems, and assessing current progress.
I think I’m in this peculiar position where I have ~medium (maybe many reading this would consider them to be long) timelines and fairly low “p(doom)”, and I still think AI risk is among the most important things to work on.
I don’t think many people biased in such a way are going to even be particularly aware of it when making arguments, let alone admit to it. It’s mostly a hidden bias. You really don’t want it to be true because of how you think it will affect you if it was.
Thinking AI Risk is among the most important things to work on is one thing. Thinking your life depends on minimising it is another.
I don’t think my reasoning is around wanting to stay sane at all. Most of my reasoning revolves around base rates, examining current systems, and assessing current progress.
I think I’m in this peculiar position where I have ~medium (maybe many reading this would consider them to be long) timelines and fairly low “p(doom)”, and I still think AI risk is among the most important things to work on.
I don’t think many people biased in such a way are going to even be particularly aware of it when making arguments, let alone admit to it. It’s mostly a hidden bias. You really don’t want it to be true because of how you think it will affect you if it was.
Thinking AI Risk is among the most important things to work on is one thing. Thinking your life depends on minimising it is another.
I obviously can’t prove I am not biased in such a way, but I don’t think that is a fair assumption.