A half-joking interface for a serious uncertainty · v1.2.0

Comparison

Two columns with the same structure. The point is not to find out which date is "right" but to see how much it depends on what you believe. Assumptions that differ are highlighted.

Left
Right

AssumptionAuthor baselineDoomsday
To singularity5 years 116 days2 years 343 days
To the first catastrophe15 years 58 days5 years 2 days
Minutes to midnight3.50.4
Local by 205067.2%98.8%
Regional by 205029.8%81.6%
Global by 205010.6%49.6%
Global by 210020.1%81.6%
Expected deaths by 2050269.7M1.3B
Expected damage by 2050$34T$158T
Horizon doubling time129 d89 d
Trend bend0 %/yr0 %/yr
Real-world friction1.81.0
Singularity threshold50 %50 %
Misuse pressure40 / 10050 / 100
Control-failure pressure20 / 10075 / 100
Mitigation strength45 / 10010 / 100
Current wiring into critical systems12 / 10020 / 100
Time to deployment saturation12 yr6 yr
Window of vulnerability25 yr60 yr

Cumulative probability: two scenarios overlaid

Colour belongs to the rung, not to the column: a solid and a dashed line of the same colour are the same quantity under different assumptions. Two different colours would read as two different quantities.

Local: Author baseline 67.2%, Doomsday 98.8% by 2050. Regional: Author baseline 29.8%, Doomsday 81.6% by 2050. Global: Author baseline 10.6%, Doomsday 49.6% by 2050

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LocalRegionalGlobalAuthor baselineDoomsday

 

The chart is keyboard focusable: arrows move the cursor, Shift jumps ten years, Esc clears it.