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Of course. Even in an all-out nuclear war, the probability of human extinction is close to zero.

Then it's all fine right? /s

Killing even 10% of humanity should be unacceptable, can't believe this argument is even happening

Of course it would be unacceptable. Honestly, this thread feels like talking to people who have the reading comprehension of a 5th grader.

Someone said "AI might kill everybody soon" and prevailing argument is "it's wrong because it's not gonna be like everybody everybody".

It's the AI doomers who have chosen to frame the argument in terms of extinction. Even if they were only claiming that 1% of the world population will be killed in the next 10 years, it would still be an extraordinary claim that hasn't been established with any amount of rigor. I'll reiterate the original point: these people are not serious, they're spreading alarmist nonsense, and they're undermining the public's trust in experts.

There is no proof possible. There is no experiment that can show something humanity scale will happen. There are even no remotely similar precedents in the past to extrapolate.

The actual established real evidence is that this tech is showing unprecedented capabilities (including destructive) and its safety guardrails are lacking.

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