The p(doom) database · asked and declined

Ted Cruz’s p(doom)

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US Senator; Commerce Committee chair · asked on record, no number given

What they said

Ted Cruz was asked for a p(doom) on the record (Sep 9, 2026) and did not give a number.

if they're going to be killer robots, I'd rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots.

Source.

Asked by Politico about AI extinction warnings; gave no number of his own.

Why this is here

The database records refusals as well as numbers. A refusal is not a number, so it never counts toward any median. If Ted Cruz states a number in public, it gets a row. What p(doom) means, and the case against it.

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