On AI Risk

The doomers are probably wrong but that doesn't mean there is no AI risk

Roko Mijic, of Roko’s basilisk fame, recently claimed that the LessWrong crowd is wrong about AI risk. I found his tweet via Marginal Revolution, which posted it here. There is discussion about the claims at the Marginal Revolution post, but, as happens whenever Tyler Cowen posts about AI, most of the comments are non sequiturs.

I’ve decided to engage co…