AI catastrophe: more like a genocide than a thought experiment — LessWrong
A notable fraction of people respond to hearing about existential risk from AI by saying they don’t really care if everyone dies. I think the idea is…
x AI catastrophe: more like a genocide than a thought experiment — LessWrong AI Frontpage 2026 Top Fifty: 14 % 210 AI catastrophe: more like a genocide than a thought experiment by KatjaGrace 24th Jun 2026 World Spirit Sock Puppet 1 min read 9 210 A notable fraction of people respond to hearing about existential risk from AI by saying they don’t really care if everyone dies. I think the idea is often along the lines of ‘well if we are all dead, then there’s nobody to be unhappy about it’. I’m personally skeptical that this is really the main thing going on, since it seems unlikely that many pe
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