Swift to harbor: the macroeconomics of ASI and existential risk

​A presentation and discussion examining how systemic risk aversion could shape our economic trajectory toward ASI, through two papers: Nick Bostrom's Optimal Timing for Superintelligence (2026) and Charles I. Jones's The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk (2024). Together, these works raise questions about the benefits of accelerating AI development against the costs of getting it wrong, and how a “sprint-then-pause” framework could mitigate these risks. Under what conditions should we continue the rapid progress of AI, and under what conditions should we stop?

​Sonya Palkhivala is a philosophy and economics student at Concordia University and a co-founder of AI Alignment Concordia.

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​Présentation et discussion à Ω Labs : Sonya Palkhivala présente à 17 h, suivie d'une discussion ouverte jusqu'à 19 h, en anglais. Elle examine la macroéconomie de la superintelligence et du risque existentiel à partir de deux articles, de Nick Bostrom et de Charles I. Jones. Rejoignez-nous sur place ou en ligne.

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