[deltaninenine]

Don't characterize the public as that stupid. The current risks of AI are startling clear to a layman.

The extinction level even is more far fetched to a layman. You are the public and your viewpoint is aligned with the public. Nobody is thinking extinction level event.

[hollerith]

Extinction is exactly what this submission is about.

Here is the full text of the statement: "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."

By "extinction", the signatories mean extinction of the human species.

[deltaninenine]

I'm referring to the public. Not the submission.