I think there's a non-trivial chance (>1%) Homo sapiens will be extinct within a few centuries due to fairly banal x-risks (no AGIs or nukes or asteroids or permafrost methane catastrophes needed)
Surprising part is that the thought doesn't bother me.
At all.
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Boringly predictable response but this makes me wonder, do you have kids?
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Boringly predictable response in turn: one reason I believe this is that people like me have zero desire for kids :D
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What's an example of one of these relatively banal x-risks? Need examples for arguments with MIRI goons, & my standard "nukes" argument feels stale.
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People just not wanting to reproduce for various reasons, men giving up on women and switching to sexbots, child-rearing culture collapsing (babies need villages etc)
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Which economist was it said, "In the [really] long run, we're all dead."?
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i envy your detachment. it scares the hell out of me.
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