AI is an existential threat, full stop. It can also help us solve many of our greatest problems. Let's not let it solve those problems by removing us as the quickest shortcut.

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dataviz1000 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

> AI is an existential threat

So is nuclear annihilation. Yet, here we are.

> "I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world." -- Ronald Reagan at the United Nations [0]

We are going to be fine as long as we remember to be nice to each other, starting towards the people who are adjacent to us.

[0] https://youtu.be/dYiUI6y1nKg?si=agkJpCEZj3m_WZz0&t=915

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mapBasketWand 24 minutes ago | parent [-]

Having recently read both of Annie Jacobsen’s books — _Nuclear War_ and _Biological War_ — I’m much more concerned about a bioweapon than a nuclear one.

Her conclusion to the latter book comes out and says it, paraphrasing here:

> Nuclear war is terrifying in its destruction, but the chain of command limits the risk of a rogue actor. Whereas bio weapons can be designed and manufactured in relatively low tech environments with equal or greater magnitudes of impact.

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baggy_trough 21 minutes ago | parent [-]

The good news is that bioweapons can’t kill everyone. A handful of percent will remain to repopulate the Earth.

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fooblaster 9 minutes ago | parent [-]

Nukes also cannot kill everyone. Nuclear winter was proven to not be based on solid evidence, the earth remains very habitable after all nukes have gone off.

	▲	Gud 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Show me that proof please. So far the counter evidence has not been convincing. FWIW I don’t think nuclear war will annihilate us. But it won’t be pleasant.