[ExI] why not stalin?

[Adrian Tymes]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026, 9:46 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
>
>> *From:* Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, 19 October, 2026 6:02 PM
>> *To:* spike at rainier66.com
>> *Cc:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] why not stalin?
>>
> >…And as John says, there is so much boiling up in the near future that
>> none of us should care.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ja, I get that.  But we also need to face the risk that AI will not kill
>> everybody, or won’t do it in the next two or three years.
>>
>
> I would not call that a risk.
>

No, Spike's got a point there.  There is a distinct risk that AI won't
change things enough in the next 2-3 years, that we will still have to care
about the things we've been caring about.

The risk is that AI won't relieve us of our current responsibilities any
time soon.  A risk that I suspect is going to happen despite people saying
things like, "there is so much boiling up in the near future that none of
us should care."

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