Danielle Fong: p(doom) is a fundamentally passive and wrong frame
nptacek · x · 2026-09-13
Danielle Fong argues that p(doom) is a fundamentally passive, therefore deeply wrong, frame: the probability is actively fought at every step. She criticizes the discourse for over-narrow finite-game theory frameworks mixed with "foom" logic and pathological infinities about AI power, and calls for moving beyond it.
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