LLMs can map known unknowns, but don't ask them for evidence where none exists
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-18
The author mocks doomers who treat made-up extinction probabilities as gospel, arguing neither humans nor LLMs know the denominator, so the unknown-unknowns problem is unsolved. LLMs can help map known unknowns; don't ask an LLM for evidence when there is an absence of evidence.
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