Jon Finger: P(doom) measures the proclaimer's imagination, not real AI risk
mrjonfinger · x · 2026-10-04
Developer Jon Finger argues that P(doom) estimates only measure the proclaimer's inability to imagine past primal fears of the unknown — they have nothing to do with what reality will actually deliver.
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