Google CEO says xrisk is pretty high, but humanity will rise up against catastrophe

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Great timing, just before our largest ever protest tomorrow, at Google deepmind in London!

Also plz upvote my comment https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/s/EMtKXTy9CV

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Literal quote for context:

I think I’m optimistic on the p(doom) scenarios, I think the underlying risk is actually pretty high, but I have a lot of faith in humanity kind of rising up to meet that moment.

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https://lexfridman.com/sundar-pichai-transcript

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deserves to be on /quotes

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Notice what he's saying: Pichai's optimism about AI safety is conditional on humanity coordinating effectively. He's not saying the risk is low. He's saying survival depends on us "getting our shit together."

This is significant because Pichai has every incentive to downplay extinction risk, yet he's publicly stating P(doom) is "pretty high" and framing survival as contingent on unprecedented coordination.

This isn't reassurance. It's a 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 from someone who'd profit most from people not worrying about AI risk.

Separately, Lex is huffing hardcore hopeium if he believes things spinning out of control results in humans magically knowing how to coordinate to solve problems they couldn't when things were still relatively normal.