↪ Replying to @tedunderwood.com
The sexy apocalypse is shiny and covered in Chrome and has large tracts of land which are all on fire or something doesn't it
“Sexy apocalypse” deserves to be a bluesky coinage up there with Glonzo and jeffs beans. And may I add: the way you fight this class of memetic hazard is to make fun of it. If you’re arguing that “the chance of misalignment is only 0.7% actually” you are losing.
@dwillner.bsky.socialCertain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing.
