1) The “AIs Would Have To Want To Kill Us” Fallacy
Doomer chimp
Uhh, a species of chimp is on track to far surpass us in intelligence. The last time this happened, it led to the 6th Mass Extinction.
Optimist chimp
Lol it’s ridiculous to worry.
Why would they even want to kill chimps?
2) The “Superintelligent Means Like 5% Smarter Than Me” Fallacy
Doomer chimp
They don’t need to WANT to kill us. They might just want rocks from our land and… not care about us
Optimist chimp
Rocks? Those useless things? Lmao thought you said they were smart!
3) The “ASIs Will Trade With Mere Humans Instead Of Taking Whatever the Fuck They Want” Fallacy
Doomer chimp
But you’re just a mere chimp, if you were 1000x smarter you might find tons of uses for rocks!
Optimist chimp
They’ll trade with us
Doomer chimp
If they’re much smarter, what do we have that they can’t just… take from us?
Optimist chimp
Comparative advantage, duh. We’re better at finding berries
4) The “ASIs Will Only Kill Us After They Finish Colonizing The Universe” Fallacy
Doomer chimp
You don’t think they can figure out better ways of getting berries?
Optimist chimp
We’re stronger, we’ll defend our land. They’ll have to get rocks elsewhere
5) The “Mere Humans Are Totally Gonna Be Able to Keep Up With Machiavellian Superintelligences And Play Them Off Each Other” Fallacy
Doomer chimp
Maybe that delays them a bit, but does that really give you comfort?
Optimist chimp
We’ll play them off each other
Doomer chimp
You think mere chimps will actually keep up in human politics?
Optimist chimp
Western Chimpanzees Have Declined By 80 Percent Over The Past 25 Years
The largest population of these animals-the only critically endangered chimp subspecies—sits in a region riddled with bauxite mines
