Provenance record

How to think about the end of the world

Financial Times: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-09-24T04:00:11.000Z Original ↗

Source note: Headlines and standfirsts only; full text is paywalled.


Discourse valence
-29
Adverse
confidence 42% · 5 items · range -100 to 0
Adverse readingFavourable reading
Consensus of 5 models from different labs. Spread 100 points, agreement low.
AGI and timelinesExistential and catastrophic riskLoss of control and alignment
Excerpt as ingested

Bringing clarity to a fuzzy P(doom) debate

Every model that read this

ModelProviderStageScoreConf.LatencyPromptWhen
Llama 3.3 70BMetaanalysis 0 20%1937ms v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 2026-09-24 05:41
GPT-4.1 miniOpenAIconsensus 0 40%1599ms v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 2026-09-24 05:42
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropicconsensus -15 20%4384ms v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 2026-09-24 05:42
Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogleconsensus -100 80%1499ms v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 2026-09-24 05:42
Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AIconsensus -30 50%8690ms v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 2026-09-24 05:42
Llama 3.3 70B · reading

No substantive claim.

evidence: speculative horizon: n/a
GPT-4.1 mini · reading

The text is a headline and brief description without substantive claims about AI's societal impact. It references discussion about the probability of doom but provides no concrete evidence or implications.

evidence: speculative horizon: speculative capability 0 societal 0 existential 0 economic 0
Claude Sonnet 5 · reading

Only a headline and standfirst are available, with no substantive argument or evidence. The topic itself, existential risk debate, implies concern, but the text gives no claims to evaluate, so score stays mild and confidence low.

evidence: speculative horizon: n/a
Gemini 2.5 Flash · reading

The headline and standfirst explicitly refer to 'the end of the world' and 'P(doom) debate' in the context of AI. This language directly indicates a discussion around existential risk posed by AI, placing the implication firmly in the dystopian range due to the severe potential consequences for humanity.

evidence: reported horizon: n/a
Mistral Small 3.1 24B · reading

The headline suggests a discussion of existential risks, which are inherently dystopian. The standfirst implies a focus on clarifying these risks. The text does not provide specific claims or evidence about AI's role or impact.

evidence: speculative horizon: n/a
The chain
SOURCE     Financial Times: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   aa6c799d-c39a-4239-b5cc-1a9c7a081142
           https://ft.com/content/9d1192a9-abb7-4a91-9638-4ffa855afbb8
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EVIDENCE   0 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  5 runs, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -29  (Adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 42%