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Diego K.'s avatar

A recent example of this could be the "European are going to freeze over the winter because of gas prices" prediction that doomsayers gave when Ukraine was invaded. Dampening mechanisms at every level were set in motion very quickly (e.g. new gas supply sources, households accumulating wood).

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Max More's avatar

Just discovered your blog. I very much like the economic perspective on the AI doomers. We need more of that (Robin Hanson is one of the other few). It's distressing how some people (including Yudkowsky and Bostrom) have gone from being pro-tech to being technology doomers. JUST as AI is starting to look useful, lots of people are trying to stop it!

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