“Little Echo” by Zvi

“Little Echo” by Zvi

Author: LessWrong December 9, 2025 Duration: 4:08
I believe that we will win.

An echo of an old ad for the 2014 US men's World Cup team. It did not win.

I was in Berkeley for the 2025 Secular Solstice. We gather to sing and to reflect.

The night's theme was the opposite: ‘I don’t think we’re going to make it.’

As in: Sufficiently advanced AI is coming. We don’t know exactly when, or what form it will take, but it is probably coming. When it does, we, humanity, probably won’t make it. It's a live question. Could easily go either way. We are not resigned to it. There's so much to be done that can tilt the odds. But we’re not the favorite.

Raymond Arnold, who ran the event, believes that. I believe that.

Yet in the middle of the event, the echo was there. Defiant.

I believe that we will win.

There is a recording of the event. I highly encourage you to set aside three hours at some point in December, to listen, and to participate and sing along. Be earnest.

If you don’t believe it, I encourage this all the more. If you [...]

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First published:
December 8th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YPLmHhNtjJ6ybFHXT/little-echo

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