You seem to think that if we refuse this bet, you are somehow safe to live out the rest of your life. (If you are old, replace "you" with "your children".)

The discussion started when someone argued that even if this AI juggernaut were in fact very dangerous, there is no way to stop it. When I pushed back on the second part of that, you reject my push-back. On what basis? I hope it is not, "I just want things to keep on going the way they are," as if ignoring the AI danger somehow makes the AI danger go away.