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Is AI Safety a Pascal's Mugging?

Robert Miles AI Safety

Is AI Safety a Pascal's Mugging?

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Reasoning on low-probability, high-impact risk, a lens for how leaders weigh tail risks.

Robert Miles examines whether the case for AI safety is a Pascal's mugging, a tiny probability of an enormous payoff. He argues it is not, because AI risk does not depend on vanishingly small probabilities.

Topics: Decision making & mental models

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