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Critique Of Singularity Daydreaming In AI Safety
A new LessWrong essay challenges the tendency to treat AI takeoff as a fantastical event. The author argues that dismissing superintelligence risks as transhumanist daydreaming ignores the concrete technical trajectory of the field. This shift in perspective forces safety researchers to move past abstract speculation toward actionable, sober risk mitigation strategies.