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AI notkilleveryoneism
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English
Etymology
en :af AI not kill<id:to put to death> everyone -ism + en - by Twitter user Tetraspace (@TetraspaceWest) in 2022 and popularized by Q704195.
Pronunciation
en /eɪˌaɪ nɒtˌkɪl.ˈɛv.ɹiː.wʌn.i.zəm/ RP
en /eɪˌaɪ nɒtˌkɪl.ˈɛv.ɹi.wʌn.i.zəm/ GA
en ɛvɹiːwʌnizəm 9
en AI not kill every one ism
en
Noun
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en AI slang humorous AI safety (to prevent artificial intelligence causing harms such as literal human extinction).
en 2022-09-09 TetraspaceWest 1570967796582076416 https://megalodon.jp/2026-0827-1515-14/https://x.com:443/TetraspaceWest/status/1570967796582076416 2026-08-27 1 ai notkilleveryonismAdvantages• “well not saying swears is an important part of not killing everyone” no it’s not• “not killing everyone to who” everyoneDisadvantages• scans horribly Tweet originally coining the term.
en 2023-05-06 ESYudkowsky 1654866841788112897 https://megalodon.jp/2026-0827-1519-06/https://x.com:443/ESYudkowsky/status/1654866841788112897 2026-08-27 "AI notkilleveryoneism", because everything short of that has been co-opted by monkeys who'd rather fight about which monkey gets the poison banana.
en 30 October 2023 Mateusz Bagiński Charbel-Raphaël and Lucius discuss interpretability AI Alignment Forum forum post https://web.archive.org/web/20240614002128/https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/FDrgcfY8zs5e2eJDd/charbel-raphael-and-lucius-discuss-interpretability Lucius is an AI notkilleveryoneism researcher at Apollo, focused on interpretability.
en 1 February 2024 jph00 Building an early warning system for LLM-aided biological threat creation w:Hacker News post https://web.archive.org/web/20260627161330/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39213394 On your last point, I do think it's important to note, and reflect carefully on, the extremely high overlap between those funding ai notkilleveryoneism and those funding capabilities development.
en 20 January 2025 Peter Berggren Why We Need More Shovel-Ready AI Notkilleveryoneism Megaproject Proposals w:LessWrong post https://web.archive.org/web/20250121010604/https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ApxQTnC9ujSagEP82/why-we-need-more-shovel-ready-ai-notkilleveryoneism It is distinctly possible for large amounts of money to be appropriated to AI safety broadly, in a way which could include substantial AI notkilleveryoneism funding if our cards are played right.
en 2025-01-31 Ben Landau-Taylor The Failed Strategy of Artificial Intelligence Doomers Palladium https://www.palladiummag.com/2025/01/31/the-failed-strategy-of-artificial-intelligence-doomers/ https://megalodon.jp/2026-0827-1520-28/https://www.palladiummag.com:443/2025/01/31/the-failed-strategy-of-artificial-intelligence-doomers/ 2026-08-27 1 Eliezer Yudkowsky coined the term “AI Notkilleveryoneism” in an attempt to establish a name that could not be co-opted, but unsurprisingly it failed to catch on among those it was intended to describe.