The low probability but high impact argument for x-risk is technically sound (if singularity happened it would be catastrophic) but psychologically it attracts people for reasons beyond rational cost-benefit calculation—it provides cosmic meaning and total explanatory frameworks similar to religious apocalypticism.
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Michael WaldridgeEvidence Quote
“the low probability but very very highrisk argument...but the reason that people seem attracted to this narrative is almost a Rel religious phenomena”
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Don’t Believe AI Hype, This is Where it’s Actually Headed | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge | AI History— Johnathan BiCreated: 7/7/2026, 3:38:35 AM
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