I suppose I agree that humanity should generally focus more on catastrophic (non-existential) risks.
That said, I think this is often stated explicitly. For example, MacAskill in his recently book explicitly says that many of the actions we take to reduce x-risks will also look good even for people with shorter-term priorities.
Do you have any quote from someone who says we shouldn’t care about catastrophic risks at all?
Do you have any quote from someone who says we shouldn’t care about catastrophic risks at all?
I’m not saying this. And I really don’t see how you came to think I do.
The only thing I say is that I don’t see how anyone would argue that humanity should devote less effort to mitigate a given risk just because it turns out that it is not actually existential even though it may be more than catastrophic. Therefore, finding out if a risk is actually existential or not is not really valuable.
I’m not saying anything new here, I made this point several times above. Maybe it is not very clearly done, but I don’t really know how to state it differently.
I suppose I agree that humanity should generally focus more on catastrophic (non-existential) risks.
That said, I think this is often stated explicitly. For example, MacAskill in his recently book explicitly says that many of the actions we take to reduce x-risks will also look good even for people with shorter-term priorities.
Do you have any quote from someone who says we shouldn’t care about catastrophic risks at all?
I’m not saying this. And I really don’t see how you came to think I do.
The only thing I say is that I don’t see how anyone would argue that humanity should devote less effort to mitigate a given risk just because it turns out that it is not actually existential even though it may be more than catastrophic. Therefore, finding out if a risk is actually existential or not is not really valuable.
I’m not saying anything new here, I made this point several times above. Maybe it is not very clearly done, but I don’t really know how to state it differently.