If you care about AI safety and also like reading novels, I highly recommend Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”. It’s “Don’t Look Up”, but from the 60s [Spoilers] A scientist invents ice-nine, a substance which could kill all life on the planet. If you ever once make a mistake with ice-nine, it will kill everybody. It was invented because it might provide this mundane practical use (driving in the mud) and because the scientist was curious. Everybody who hears about ice-nine is furious. “Why would you invent something that could kill everybody?!” A mistake is made. Everybody dies. It’s also actually a pretty funny book, despite its dark topic. So Don’t Look Up, but from the 60s. Read more: All
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