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Classics that EAs might enjoy: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Dark comedy about a scientist who invents something that will kill the entire world if anybody ever makes a mistake. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Beautifully written sci fi about facing an x-risk and the protagonist pushing against people trying to ignore it. The main character has an “illness”/superpower that causes her to feel the pain of others. (I so relate!) Most agentic main character in a non-rationalist fic I’ve ever read. Favorite quote: father just told the protagonist to not tell people about x-risks because that scares people. She responds: “That's like avoiding the living room because there's a fire in there and we're in the kitchen and anyways fires are scary to talk about“ Overstory by Richard Powers Modern classic about climate change. Insanely beautifully written and can easily be cross-applied to AI x-risk. Quote I particularly loved: “Patricia works like there is no tomorrow. Or like tomorrow might yet show up, if enough people dug in and worked.” Frankenstein by Marry Shelley About a scientist creating life and the life turning against him. Surprisingly intelligent and beautiful. Not at all like the cartoon versions popular nowadays. Widely considered the first sci fi. Middlemarch by George Eliot One of the main characters is basically what would happen if an EA was born as a woman in the Victorian era. It’s the question: what would you do if you were an EA in the Victorian era? Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell Non-fiction of him going to work with the poor coal miners of Britain in the 1930s. Beautifully written and first hand account of extreme poverty.