High p(doom) but relaxed working

tl;dr If you are working in AI safety, while presenting information to interested non-AI safety or transitioning personnel, avoid portraying high values of p(doom) without sharing counterarguments. In addition, please give them time and point them towards emotional support so the unprecedented risk can be processed at their own pace. Encourage those transitioning and working in the field to find ways to deal with said p(doom) looming over their heads on a day-to-day basis. This work will most likely require exploration and lead to highly individual outcomes. Share and celebrate progress in the field! Managing one's own motivation is difficult work and reminding each other that achievements/progress are being made can be helpful. Intro I have found myself overwhelmed when thinking about existential risk. Joking with peers about it provided necessary momentary distraction. Usually, after a moment of relief, discussions and work could continue more productively. I would like to make the case that repeatedly presenting catastrophic outcomes without emotional support and/or time to process is only partially helpful, both for attracting and retaining talent in the field. My aim in this post is to verbalise my impressions around how existential risk, its urgency and the sensation of "doom" in particular are presented and circulated within the field. If you consider yourself ASI-pilled , the below perspective could seem outright wrong. In that case, please help me understand your vi…