It seems to me that extinction is the ultimate form of lock-in, while surviving provides more opportunities to increase the value of the future. This moves me very far toward Agree. It seems possible, however, that there could be future that rely on actions today that are so much better than alternatives that it could be worth rolling worse dice, or futures so bad that extinction could be preferable, so this brings me back a bit from very high Agree.
On the margin: I think we are not currently well-equipped to determine whether actions are or arenât increasing the value of the future[1]. Focusing on protecting what we have seems more prudent, as there are concerningly many concerningly high extinction risks.
It seems to me that extinction is the ultimate form of lock-in, while surviving provides more opportunities to increase the value of the future. This moves me very far toward Agree. It seems possible, however, that there could be future that rely on actions today that are so much better than alternatives that it could be worth rolling worse dice, or futures so bad that extinction could be preferable, so this brings me back a bit from very high Agree.
On the margin: I think we are not currently well-equipped to determine whether actions are or arenât increasing the value of the future[1]. Focusing on protecting what we have seems more prudent, as there are concerningly many concerningly high extinction risks.
This includes things like concerns about todayâs humans vs other forms of intelligence, too.