[ExI] Death by Singularity

[Lee Corbin]

In a P.S. to a post in Re: [ExI] "recession is going to end in about 6 weeks"
Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:

> Yes, I really think the singularity will kill us. Aren't you ppl
> worried about this?

Yes, I put the chance of simple extinction for me
and everyone else at about 50/50. But I'm not too
worried: the upsides could more than make up for
it.

Most huge risks do not have such a correspondingly
big payoff in the (small or tiny) chance that they
come out all right. But a singularity, or other
immense tech breakthrough, does.

Lee