The p(doom) database · person
Kenneth Folk’s p(doom)
≈0%
In their words
Kenneth Folk (Meditation teacher and poet) put their p(doom) at ≈0%, on X on Sep 21, 2026.
My P(doom) is close to zero per cent.
Source · re-checked against the primary source.
Rates "I(doom)", inconvenience from AI attacks on infrastructure, much higher.
In context
Among independent in the database (63 people), the median is 5%. 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.