Scott Alexander's probability of doom is approximately 20%, lower than other team members (~70% for Daniel), primarily because he is uncertain whether AIs will actually develop the stable misaligned goals depicted in the scenario, and whether alignment solutions may emerge from the AIs themselves solving alignment as part of their self-improvement process.
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Scott AlexanderEvidence Quote
“So I am the writer and the celebrity spokesperson for this scenario. I am the only person on the team who is not a genius forecaster. And maybe related to that, my p(doom) is the lowest of anyone on the team. I'm more like 20%.”
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AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo— Dwarkesh PatelCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:03:29 AM
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