The p(doom) database · person

American HODL (@americanhodl8)’s p(doom)

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Pseudonymous bitcoin investor on X (~98k followers) · investors · Oct 5, 2026

In their words

American HODL (@americanhodl8) (Pseudonymous bitcoin investor on X (~98k followers)) put their p(doom) at 0, on X on Oct 5, 2026.

My p(doom) is zero my p(btc) is 100

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Established pseudonym.

In context

Among investors in the database (15 people), the median is 0.5%. Across all 233 people it is 10%. How the medians and the index are built.

A p(doom) is a personal, subjective estimate of the probability that advanced AI ends in human extinction or a comparable, irreversible catastrophe. Scope and timeframe differ from person to person, so compare with care: why p(doom) numbers disagree.

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