Reviewer Rebukes Superhuman AI Extinction Claim

A review critiques Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares's new book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies (Little, Brown), which argues that unaligned superintelligent AI will inevitably kill humanity. The reviewer contends the authors conflate prediction with agency, rely on thought experiments, and propose extreme research bans and aggressive countermeasures. The piece argues this framing mischaracterizes complex systems and overstates existential risk, urging clearer distinctions for practitioners.