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Tim Urban
Wait But Why; viral AI explainer
Author of the Wait But Why blog. His 2015 two-part series on superintelligence reached an order-of-magnitude wider audience than any prior writing on AI safety and shaped the public picture for years.
current Founder, author, Wait But Why
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Existential primacyendorses
Extinction/disempowerment risk overrides ordinary cost-benefitCommunicated the core Bostromian / Yudkowskian argument for existential risk to a mainstream audience; framed the 'intelligence ladder' and the 'death spectrum' as accessible illustrations.
We're on a balance beam between two outcomes. Either we get our act together, or we don't. There is no third option once superintelligence arrives.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.