Resources › IntroductionWhy write a book about superhuman AI as an extinction threat?Because the situation seems genuinely serious and urgent. 2 min readAre you suggesting that ChatGPT could kill us all?No. The worry is about forthcoming advances in AI. 4 min readAren’t people always panicking and overreacting to things?Yes. But this doesn’t mean that nothing is ever actually dangerous. 1 min readWhen is this worrisome sort of AI going to be developed?Knowing that a technology is coming doesn’t grant knowledge of exactly when it’s coming. 5 min readCan we use past progress to extrapolate when we’ll build smarter-than-human AI?We don’t have a good enough understanding of intelligence for that. 2 min readWhat are your incentives and conflicts of interest, as authors?We don’t expect to make any money from the book in the average case. Separately, we would love to be wrong about the book’s thesis. 3 min readIsn’t this AI stuff just science fiction?We can’t learn much from a topic’s prevalence in fiction. 9 min readYour question not answered here?Submit a Question.Extended DiscussionAI Experts on Catastrophe ScenariosWhen Leo Szilard Saw the Future