Immortality is overrated. On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 5:15 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Richard Ngo, a top researcher at open AI, recently said something rather > interesting: > > "*The closer we get to the singularity the lower my risk tolerance gets. > I’d already ruled out skydiving and paragliding. Last year I started > wearing a helmet consistently while cycling. I think 2024 might be the year > I give up skiing. It’s not that I think the risks are that high, > objectively speaking. But wouldn’t it be unbearably embarrassing to have > your name go down in history as one of the people who died totally > avoidable deaths only a few years before immortality became possible?*" > > > Risk tolerance > <https://twitter.com/RichardMCNgo/status/1754246939527491887> > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > sr1 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv35V6ex1UV7RQeMVnChp0zmv%2BXx8jPTz26NzhXw14bEmQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv35V6ex1UV7RQeMVnChp0zmv%2BXx8jPTz26NzhXw14bEmQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMy3ZA-JBBpj2fEQSP%2BmYR1EazOTrfof7mG9V8Ze0TU-Gb%2Ba8A%40mail.gmail.com.
