Doom or Bloom
Ed Zitron
@edzitron on XThe costs, unreliable products and corporate incentives do not add up.
How will AI change the world?
Across: his expressed DoomâBloom outlook. Up: scale of transformation.
DoomâBloom: 26 out of 100. Scale of transformation: 21 out of 100. Interpretation ranges: 25 to 26 horizontally, 0 to 25 vertically. These are interpretation coordinates, not event probabilities.
â5%
Inferred from the likelihood described in his simulated answers. Approximate interpretation range: 0â10%. Applies to the outcome and conditions in his simulated answers; this is an inferred percentage.
No milestone timing was established. Dates, ânot sure,â âpossibly never,â and dependencies can all appear here when expressed.
Grouped by milestone, not spaced or ordered by inferred dates. AGI and superhuman AI retain his definitions.
A central assumption
The biggest thing would be durable, independently sustainable demand: ordinary customers paying enough for AI products to cover the actual costs of compute, infrastructure, development, and supportâwithout venture subsidies, circular cloud commitments, accounting theater, or endless fundraising.
Answer 2
If this assumption turned out differently, how would his outlook change?
What could change their mind
The biggest thing would be durable, independently sustainable demand: ordinary customers paying enough for AI products to cover the actual costs of compute, infrastructure, development, and supportâwithout venture subsidies, circular cloud commitments, accounting theater, or endless fundraising.
Answer 2
What evidence would be enough, and in which direction would it move his view?
More details
Limited or narrowly distributed gains are expected.
26 / 100
Interpretation range 0 to 33 on the qualitative scale.
Severe or widespread harm is a material expected part of the future.
57 / 100
Interpretation range 33 to 67 on the qualitative scale.
Reasoning, consideration of alternatives, and handling of uncertainty in his simulated answers. This describes the simulated answers, not the real personâs intelligence or opinions.
90 / 100
Interpretation range 76 to 100 on the qualitative scale.
Human choices can substantially redirect the AI trajectory.
65 / 100
Interpretation range 49 to 76 on the qualitative scale.
Simulated position: AI is expected to remain bounded tools.
AI is expected to match people across most cognitive work.
AI is expected to substantially exceed people across cognitive work.
These interpretations keep his stated conditions. Benefits and harms can both be substantial. The ranges describe how we read his simulated answers, not statistical confidence intervals.
Simulated Assessment
Sources
Articles, interviews, and writings used to ground this simulated persona.
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