Survey: ML researchers' median xrisk guess is 10%, 81% put >1% on it
gleech · x · 2026-09-15
The author adds survey data: among machine learning researchers surveyed, the median guess for AI extinction risk was 10%, and 81% assigned it more than 1% probability, cited to support his earlier thread tracing warnings of AI risk back to Turing and Wiener.
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