Subjective probabilities assigned to single unique events with high uncertainty, such as 'what is your P(AI Doom)', are often meaningless when experts are profoundly ignorant about the underlying mechanisms and cannot appeal to intersubjective utility comparisons or physical randomness to ground the probability.

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Speaker

David Deutsch

Evidence Quote

“trying to quantify them with a number um doesn't really um do anything”

Source

David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of Progress— Joseph Noel Walker
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:21:48 PM

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