Zvi mocks how professing high p(doom) became a status signal among researchers
TheZvi · x · 2026-09-16
TheZvi quotes a thread arguing that because a low p(doom) is often explained away as a lack of understanding of AI progress, researchers profess high p(doom) to signal depth — "if you understood the truth you'd say we might all die, so saying it must be fake." He satirizes how status dynamics distort extinction-risk discourse.
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