“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” Feels Like An Unnecessary Bait-And-Switch

My son was confused. “The guy at the door said something about wanting to protect our gas lines?” I’d not heard anything about this from my utility company, so I wasn’t surprised when the man said he was from a company I’d never heard of. It took only a few seconds to realize it was the same misleading sales pitch I’ve heard before: “I’m here to help protect you from hidden fees on your bill…” I knew where this pitch ended. “You want me to sign up with your company to ‘protect’ me. You’re soliciting. Get off my porch.” This is the important part: Even if he was right about hidden fees, I wouldn’t trust anything he (or his company) told me about them, and there was no way that I would switch to the company he was representing. The logic is pretty simple: If your argument is correct, why the bait-and-switch? Why use a misleading tactic if the truth supports you? I was reminded of that feeling while reading the nearly hysterically anti-AI “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” by Eliezer…