People are more worried about AI x-risk than they let on
At least across my circles and semi-random members of the public, which suggests in general.
https://x.com/KatjaGrace/status/2059705517480829396:
https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/iNGDbhgShw8zCRvZC/wmayjjrxdorflxycd2up
https://worldspiritsockpuppet.substack.com/p/poll-what-do-your-peers-think-you:
https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/iNGDbhgShw8zCRvZC/zfwptihfhmwoajgeemji
Americans I polled via Positly:
https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/iNGDbhgShw8zCRvZC/spritepjgtiaz2hp8w2s
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iNGDbhgShw8zCRvZC/people-are-more-worried-about-ai-x-risk-than-they-let-on#comments
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iNGDbhgShw8zCRvZC/people-are-more-worried-about-ai-x-risk-than-they-let-on
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