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What Does 'P(doom)' Mean?

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[ SLANG ][ AI ][ NOUN ]

A person's stated subjective probability that AI will cause a catastrophic or extinction-level outcome for humanity, expressed as a number and treated as a genuine, if informal, way to compare how worried different people in AI circles actually are.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"His P(doom) is like 20%, mine's closer to 5%, we argue about it constantly."

LORE & ORIGIN

Coined in AI safety and research communities as shorthand for 'probability of doom,' letting people compare pessimism levels with a single number instead of a long qualitative explanation.

FIRST SEEN
2022
PEAK POPULARITY
2023-2026 (AI Safety Discourse Era)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST Β· MODERATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SLANG ][ AI ][ NOUN ]

TOP PLATFORMS

TikTok
52%
YouTube
20%
Twitter / X
14%
Reddit
9%
Others
5%

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