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i-risk

i-risk is the abbreviation of ikigai risk.

Meaning of ikigai risk

Noun

ikigai risk (countable and uncountable, plural ikigai risks)

  1. A risk which would deprive humanity of their reason for living while leaving them alive, particularly the automation of activities that give purpose and meaning.
    • Somewhat “nicer” is ikigai risk – where you have no meaning. You have nothing to contribute to superintelligence: you are not a better mathematician, not a better philosopher, not a better poet. Your life is kind of pointless. For many people, their creative output is the meaning they derive in...2024 October 4, Betty Coffman, “Q&A: UofL AI safety expert says artificial superintelligence could harm humanity”, in UofL News
    Synonyms:
    i-risk

Forms of i-risk

plurali-risks

Questions about i-risk

What is i-risk the abbreviation of?
I-risk is the abbreviation of ikigai risk.

Words near i-risk in the dictionary

  1. I-ning
  2. I-novel
  3. I-novels
  4. I-pin
  5. I-pop
  6. i-risk
  7. i-risks
  8. I-shaped
  9. I-ship
  10. I-site
  11. I-sites

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