English Explanatory Dictionary

p(doom)

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The probability of existentially catastrophic outcomes (doom) as a result of misaligned artificial intelligence, especially one's personal estimate for such an outcome, usually given as a percentage value.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of p(doom).

Pronunciation

/piː duːm/

Word forms

p(doom) p p(doom)s doom

Etymology

Mathematical notation for the probability (p) of an event (more formally written as P(doom)). Originated on the LessWrong message board around 2010, later popularized by Eliezer Yudkowsky and other AI safety researchers.

Related words

doomer doomism doomster
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