We shouldn’t be against AI safety any more than we are against seat belts, fire alarms, or drug trials.

Why confronting AI risks makes sense even for optimists: https://rootsofprogress.org/solutionism-on-ai-safety

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That is One Dial Theory https://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-dial-of-progress

I think we can be a *little* more nuanced than that

Maybe e/acc memes have to be over-the-top positive to combat the extreme alarmism?

On social media, the most simplistic and one-sided tales are the most viral

I think the intersection of blockchain tech with AI risk could be pretty interesting. My friend just wrote an article ab exactly that with things like wrapping an AI in an oracle network with a kill switch. Link if interested: 

https://medium.com/@uo.blockchain/can-blockchain-be-the-secret-to-ai-security-52263322530