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P(Anyone Builds It & Everyone Dies) = 0.62?
On LessWrong, mofeien presents ArgMap, a tool that maps the argument of the book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies and uses LLM readers to derive confidence numbers. The post reports that 66 of 67 claims land within 10 points of the authors' range, with the claim that everyone dies at 0.62 against 0.75 to 0.95.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
A tool lets anyone explore and adjust the steps of a prominent argument that superhuman AI could end humanity.
For researchers
Offers an inspectable, LLM-assisted way to test argument structure, though results depend on the author's mapping and the rubric used.
The question it raises
Asks whether disagreement about extreme-risk claims can be made explicit, step by step, and computed.
The record
- Questions
- Can AI systems act beyond what people intended or allowed? · How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading?
- People
- mofeien (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 17, 2026, via
lesswrong(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- LessWrong, “P(Anyone Builds It & Everyone Dies) = 0.62?”, October 16, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/lesswrong-2026-10-16-argmap-anyone-builds-it
Our notesLight lane: written from the excerpt only. The book's authors are not named in the excerpt, so they are not listed. Numbers are the post's own, not checked.