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You Can’t Trade Your Way Through the AI Apocalypse

NRC·28 September · 22:00·1 hour ago

The Economist argues that financial markets cannot easily price the risks of misaligned artificial intelligence, despite growing fears among investors and researchers. While some cyber-security stocks have risen due to hacking concerns, broader AI threats like bioweapons or human extinction remain difficult to quantify and insure. Tyler Cowen suggests that alarmists should test their theories through financial trades, but experts note that AI risks lack the quantifiable probabilities required for traditional insurance models. Insurers struggle to cover these novel, poorly understood dangers, leaving a market gap that current startups are too small to fill effectively.

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