The p(doom) database · person

Julian Togelius’s p(doom)

≈0%
Professor at NYU (NYU Game Lab); head of AI at nof1; co-founder of modl.ai · academics · Dec 11, 2024

In their words

Julian Togelius (Professor at NYU (NYU Game Lab); head of AI at nof1; co-founder of modl.ai) put their p(doom) at ≈0%, on X on Dec 11, 2024.

my p(doom) is undefined, and practically 0

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In context

Among academics in the database (22 people), the median is 15%. 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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