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AI extinction risk: 100% probability claim called intellectual arrogance

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A Reddit post argues that assigning a 100% probability to AI-induced human extinction is intellectually arrogant and unscientific. The author contends that such certainty dismisses countless unknown future discoveries and alternative outcomes, such as AI remaining a tool, developing indifference, or achieving moral intelligence. The post also highlights that expertise in computer science does not automatically translate to expertise in predicting the motivations of hypothetical superintelligences, suggesting that specialists can mistake their discipline's assumptions for universal truths. AI

IMPACT Challenges the certainty of AI existential risk predictions, suggesting a need for more nuanced discussion.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing the certainty of AI existential risk predictions.

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AI extinction risk: 100% probability claim called intellectual arrogance

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/onykage ·

    Why claiming 100% p(doom) is intellectual arrogance, not scientific reasoning

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I can understand someone assigning a 10% probability to AI causing human extinction, even if i don’t agree.</p> <p>But **100%? You're claiming absolute certainty about the most unpredictable technological transformation in human history.**</p> <p…

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