https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2206.05862/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35898652urn:hackerpapers:mention:2206.05862:35898652Thu, 11 May 2023 06:52:50 GMT<p>Generalized artificial intelligence (AGI) comes with very real x-risks[1] (existential risks) and s-risks[2] (suffering risks). An expert survey of 738 researchers who published in NeurIPS and ICML was done last year[3]. Their median estimation that AI will have an “extremely bad” long term outcome is 5%, and 48% of the researchers estimate the probability to be at least 10%. This is worryingly high considering the absolutely catastrophic consequences of the scenarios. A minority of very vocal AI researchers (e.g. Yann LeCun) dismiss these risks entirely and claim that people read too much…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2206.05862/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CY