Previously I shared various reactions to If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies, along with my own highly positive review.

Reactions continued to pour in, including several impactful ones. There's more.

Any further reactions will have a higher bar, and be included in weekly posts unless one is very high quality and raises important new arguments.

Sales Look Good

IABIED gets to #8 in Apple Books nonfiction, #2 in UK. It has 4.8 on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads. The New York Times bestseller list lags by two weeks so we don’t know the results there yet but it is expected to make it.

Positive Reactions

David Karsten suggests you read the book, while noting he is biased. He reminds us that, like any other book, most conversations you have about the book will be with people who did not read the book.

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Outline:

(00:33 ) Sales Look Good

(00:53 ) Positive Reactions

(04:38 ) Guarded Positive Reactions

(06:49 ) Nostream Argues For Lower Confidence

(08:22 ) Gary Marcus Reviews The Book

(16:41 ) John Pressman Agrees With Most Claims But Pushes Back On Big Picture

(18:30 ) Meta Level Reactions Pushing Back On Pushback

(22:50 ) Clara Collier Writes Disappointing Review In Which She Is Disappointed

(28:57 ) Will MacAskill Offers Disappointing Arguments

(31:32 ) Zack Robinson Raises Alarm About Anthropic's Long Term Benefit Trust

(35:08 ) Others Going After The Book

(35:41 ) This Is Real Life

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First published:

September 23rd, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/22z6ozHET9kvYGA2z/more-reactions-to-if-anyone-builds-it-everyone-dies

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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