By David Chapman Book contents Only you can stop an AI apocalypse What is the Scary kind of AI? Superintelligence Mind-like AI Autonomous AI agents Diverse forms of agency Motivation, morals, and monsters Artificial general intelligence (AGI) Transformative AI Fear power, not intelligence Scary AI when? Apocalypse now At war with the machines Who is in control of AI? What an AI apocalypse may look like Social collapse: apocalyptic incoherence Practical actions you can take against AI risks End digital surveillance Develop and mandate intrinsic cybersecurity Mistrust machine learning Fight DOOM AI with SCIENCE! and ENGINEERING!! Spurn artificial ideology Recognize that AI is probably net harmful Create a negative public image for AI Radical progress without Scary AI What kind of AI might accelerate technological progress? What is the role of intelligence in science? What do unusually intelligent people do? Limits to reasoning, reduction, and simulation Limits to experimental induction Stop obstructing scientific progress! How to science better Scenius: upgrading science FTW A future we would like How AI destroyed the future A one-bit future Cozy futurism Meaningful futurism The inescapable: politics Responsibility This is about you Acknowledgements Gradient Dissent Artificial neurons considered harmful Do AI as science and engineering instead Backpropaganda: anti-rational neuro-mythology A better future, without backprop Search