The p(doom) database · person

Jeremy Gillen’s p(doom)

90–99%
Researcher, MIRI · safety orgs · Nov 14, 2025

In their words

Jeremy Gillen (Researcher, MIRI) put their p(doom) at 90–99% (AI doom, conditional on rushing into superintelligence), on a podcast on Nov 14, 2025.

I don't know, like pretty high. Probably higher than 90%, probably lower than 99%, in that kind of region. This is also conditioning on rushing forward into superintelligence.

Source · re-checked against the primary source.

Says he hasn't put much thought into the number.

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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