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Madeline Berzak on X: "memory, inevitability, and long-term risk communication: nuclear semiotics in the age of ASI" / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Article See new posts Conversation Madeline Berzak @madelineberzak memory, inevitability, and long-term risk communication: nuclear semiotics in the age of ASI 2 8 81 36K Although my research centers on nuclear risk, I sort of exist (at least I try to) between the nuclear and AI safety/governance fields; the nuances in language and risk frameworks have become more apparent to me over time. Through this, I find myself thinking that the difference in how we conceptualize and communicate the risk of AI and nuclear weapons lies in our perception of inevitability. Superintelligence is communicated as being inevitable, where society is told it has no choice but to ruminate on economic disruption, energy demands, social turmoil, and other far reaching societal effects— because there is likely no future without AGI where humans are alive. The future is in the hands of what is essentially the techno-elite. Although small gr

Although my research centers on nuclear risk, I sort of exist (at least I try to) between the nuclear and AI safety/governance fields; the nuances in language and risk frameworks have become more apparent to me over time. Through this, I find myself thinking that the difference in how we conceptualize and communicate the risk of AI and nuclear weapons lies in our perception of inevitability. Superintelligence is communicated as being inevitable, where society is told it has no choice but to ruminate on economic disruption, energy demands, social turmoil, and other far reaching societal…

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