Comment by DennisP
2 days ago
Exxon has never bragged to investors that they'd burn so much oil, civilization would collapse from climate change. They've always talked about how great fossil fuels are for the economy and our living standards. It makes no sense to sell apocalypse to investors either.
They're selling FOMO to investors.
"Last chance to jump on the AI train, invest into your future robot overlord or be turned into biodiesel for datacenters in the future."
There's no reason to think an out-of-control ASI would spare its investors.
There's no reason to think it wouldn't. Shouldn't you hedge your bets?
Also, you can probably make a shitton of money as an out-of-control-AI-investor while the world is in the process of being destroyed.
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