Consider chilling out in 2028 - by Valentine

Consider chilling out in 2028 - by Valentine.

In this post Valentine argues that if the AI risk landscape in early 2028 looks functionally the same as it does today, perpetually escalating alarm without correspondingly escalating real-world evidence of doom, the rationalist community should treat that as a serious signal to pause, reconsider its decades-long strategy of frightening people into action, and explore whether unexamined psychological and emotional dynamics might be distorting collective threat perception more than anyone currently appreciates.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 02:22 - Inner cries for help

* 08:59 - Scaring people

* 12:13 - A shared positive vision

* 18:14 - Maybe it’ll be okay

* 22:06 - Come 2028…

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/D4eZF6FAZhrW4KaGG/consider-chilling-out-in-2028

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