The Center for AI Safety and OpenAI founder Sam Altman say that "Mitigating the risk of extinction from A.I. should be a global priority."

I'm more worried about Natural Intelligence. I'm afraid that Natural Intelligence might lead to a global catastrophe due to built-in dopamine reinforcement cycles pushing it to optimize for local minima around short-term rewards. This could lead to Natural Intelligence using environmental resources in an unsustainable manner bringing about climate change and destroying life on earth.

Or maybe I'm just a conspiracy nut and we should listen to the billionaires.

Possibly unrelated, here's some photos of New York City circa 2023.

Also, press that like button so I can get some short-term dopamine rewards!

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