Two outcomes: AI-driven destruction by terrorist OR Earth as shining jewel for thousands of years.
Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#246 "SpaceX Goes Public, Claude's Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246" · source
Prediction text
Two outcomes: AI-driven destruction by terrorist OR Earth as shining jewel for thousands of years. | there's only two outcomes for the world. There's a world where a terrorist uses AI to destroy us all. And there's a world where the Earth is a shining jewel of perfection for thousands and thousands of years
Verbatim quote
there's only two outcomes for the world. There's a world where a terrorist uses AI to destroy us all. And there's a world where the Earth is a shining jewel of perfection for thousands and thousands of years
Predictor: Dave Blundin
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-01-31hitInternational AI Safety Report 2026 (Bengio-chaired) flags biological-weapons capability-safety gap as wideningHow: Bengio-chaired International AI Safety Report 2026 publication explicitly cites biological research as domain where capability-safety gap is most acuteSource: deep_research_enrichedconf 95%
- 2026-03-27hitNY RAISE Act signed; EU AI Act high-risk rules take force August 2026How: Hochul signs RAISE Act for frontier AI models on March 27, 2026 (effective Jan 2027); EU AI Act core rules apply from August 2, 2026Source: deep_research_enrichedconf 95%
- 2026-10-19pendingQ1 window check-in (25%)
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingFrontier-lab evaluation milestone — labs publicly report unsafe-eval-bypass incidents of pre-deployment modelsHow: Two-plus frontier labs publicly disclose eval-bypass / sandbagging behavior in pre-deployment red-teams (per IAISR 2026 trend)Source: deep_research_enrichedconf 60%
- 2027-04-09pendingQ2 window check-in (50%)
- 2026-06-01 → 2028-12-31pendingFirst credibly attributed AI-uplifted bio/cyber catastrophic-threshold incident (or absence thereof)How: Any state or non-state actor uses frontier AI as material accelerant in WMD-class incident OR window closes with no such incident publicly attributed; either resolution materially shifts trajectorySource: deep_research_enrichedconf 50%
- 2027-09-28pendingQ3 window check-in (75%)
- 2027-01-01 → 2029-03-31pendingInternational binding-treaty-level AI safety mechanism (Politburo / G7 / UN level) ratified or near-ratifiedHow: Multilateral binding (or de-facto binding) frontier-AI safety regime with verification — analog to NPT-IAEA model — agreed by US/EU/China/UK; resolves which fork (catastrophe vs jewel) is on trackSource: deep_research_enrichedconf 35%
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Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | S_AGI_MID_2029 AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | 35.0% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.198 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.077 |
| killer | TK02 AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | 12.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.067 |
| killer | TK01 AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | 15.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.052 |
| killer | TK09 Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | 35.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | -0.048 |
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Prerequisites (6)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | S_AGI_MID_2029 | AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | agi_general_capability | — |
| killer | TK09 | Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | — | — |
| killer | TK05 | Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK02 | AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
Dependents (0)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No dependents | ||||
Linked documents (1)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.639 | manifold | How will reading "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All" affect my P(Doom)? | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-17 |
Raw metadata
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