Andrej K makes an interesting point and Autism Capital's dismissive reply is wrong.

It is rational to be more afraid of man than of nature, because it is rational to be afraid of powerful optimizers.

This is also often why we are more suspicious of for-profit versions than non-profit versions of the same activity.

i wonder if the threat is less about man vs nature, and more about algorithmatized vs natural

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modern algorithm implemented by a large corporation is to man as man is to nature