The p(doom) database · person

Avalon Warren’s p(doom)

33%
PlzDontKillUs · safety orgs · Aug 26, 2026

In their words

Avalon Warren (PlzDontKillUs) put their p(doom) at 33% (p(doom), as asked on Doom Debates), on a podcast on Aug 26, 2026.

My P(Doom)'s somewhere between... I think I would wanna go 33.

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In context

Among safety orgs in the database (28 people), the median is 50%. Across all 223 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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