Max Tegmark

So that can be a motivator.

I think reminding ourselves that the reason we try to solve problems is not just because we're trying to avoid gloom, but because we're trying to do something great.

But then in terms of the risks, I think, um,

The really important question is to ask, what can we do today that will actually help make the outcome good?

And dismissing the risk is not one of them.

I find it quite funny often when I'm on discussion panels about these things, how the people who...

who work for companies will always be like, oh, nothing to worry about, nothing to worry about, nothing to worry about.

And it's only academics sometimes express concerns.

That's not surprising at all if you think about it.

Upton Sinclair quipped, right, that it's hard to make a man believe in something when his income depends on not believing in it.

And...

Frankly, we know a lot of these people in companies that they're just as concerned as anyone else.

But if you're the CEO of a company, that's not something you want to go on record saying when you have silly journalists who are going to put a picture of a Terminator robot when they quote you.

So the issues are real.

And the way I think about what the issue is, is basically, you know, the real choice we have is...

First of all, are we going to just dismiss this, the risks, and say, well, let's just go ahead and build machines that can do everything we can do better and cheaper.

Let's just make ourselves obsolete as fast as possible.

What could possibly go wrong?

That's one attitude.

The opposite attitude, I think, is to say, here's this incredible potential.