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Rob Ennals: AI's true dangers are overlooked

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Rob Ennals argues that the most significant risks from artificial intelligence are not the ones currently receiving the most attention. He suggests that focusing on hypothetical future superintelligence or immediate job displacement overlooks more subtle, yet potentially devastating, harms. Ennals advocates for a shift in focus towards understanding and mitigating the less obvious negative consequences that may arise from current AI development and deployment. AI

IMPACT Suggests a re-evaluation of AI risk assessment priorities, potentially shifting focus from existential threats to more immediate, subtle harms.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice.

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Rob Ennals: AI's true dangers are overlooked

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Rob Ennals ·

    The Evil is where you aren’t looking

    <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We have a tendency to judge past societies more harshly than our own. That is partly because we tend to focus on the evils of past societies that many people at the time either weren’t aware of, or didn’t spend much time thinking about.</sp…

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