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Sure, the world was never safe for individuals, and even entire civilisations have gone extinct. For climate change and even nuclear weapons, most of humanity m
by FabHK 13d ago
Sure, the world was never safe for individuals, and even entire civilisations have gone extinct. For climate change and even nuclear weapons, most of humanity might perish, but there's the hope that some will survive. So, in the past humanity was not in a position to extinguish humanity as a whole.
- arctic-true 13d agoI guess I don’t see why “everyone will die” should scare me more than “almost everyone, including me, will die but someone somewhere might survive in a barely-habitable world.” And this is where I think some of the problem comes from. A lot of AI doomers swam in the same waters as transhumanists, life extension enthusiasts, etc. and got very good at pretending that they were never going to die, or that they would live for a massively superhuman lifespan such that they did not need to think about death. AI doom is much scarier - and thus much more worth posting about - if it represents the first time you’re grappling with your own mortality, as I suspect it is for a lot of younger people in this space.
- giardini 13d agoCivilizations do not go extinct - species go extinct. And even that isn't as bad as it sounds: many genetic traits remain from extinct species and still contribute to the well-being of other species.