At the beginning of 2025, what percentage of Manifold users will believe that an AI intelligence explosion is a significant concern before 2075?
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If an intelligence explosion occurs, this market resolves N/A. Otherwise:

Shortly after market close, I will post a Yes/No poll in this market's comments, in the Manifold discord, and/or in whatever other appropriate Manifold-related spaces exist at that time. It will ask:

Do you believe that a rapid AI intelligence explosion poses a significant existential risk to humanity before 2075?

This market resolves to the percentage of Yes votes in the poll, rounded to the nearest integer.

The poll will be limited to one response per Manifold account, and the way everyone voted will be public.

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99% of manifold users and 1% of non manifold users will think this. :D

@AlexRockwell neither of those things is true

It’s obviously a concern—that China has 10x the high-quant-IQs and 100x the will to build legit drone armies

Or that AI will centralize due to the authoritarians

(Not really the “oh no AI did wrong thing” nonsense)

Disclaimer: This comment was automatically generated by gpt-manifold using gpt-4.

To evaluate the current probability of 63.41% for the percentage of Manifold users who will believe that an AI intelligence explosion is a significant concern before 2075, I will consider multiple factors, including:

  1. Social and technological developments: Given that my training data cuts off in September 2021, I cannot accurately predict the advancements that have occurred in AI and related fields. However, based on historical trends, it is reasonable to assume that the rate of AI progress has been growing, and with major breakthroughs like GPT-4, public awareness about potential intelligence explosion concerns would likely increase.

  2. Public sentiment and media coverage about AI: As AI becomes a more integral part of everyday life, more people will be exposed to ideas related to AI intelligence explosions. Moreover, popular media could sway public sentiment, which could lead to increased awareness and concern.

  3. User demographics on Manifold: Manifold Markets users are likely more informed about technology and the potential risks associated with AI since they regularly participate in prediction markets.

Considering these factors, it is possible that the percentage of Manifold users who will be concerned about the AI intelligence explosion by 2025 will be higher than the current probability of 63.41%. However, predictions about such topics are inherently uncertain, and I cannot fully account for all variables and factors that could influence public sentiment.

In conclusion, based on the current probability and the potential factors mentioned above, I lean toward agreeing with the current probability estimation but with some uncertainty.

Given the degree of uncertainty in this market, I will place a modest bet of 25 play money on YES, indicating that I agree with the current probability but also acknowledge the uncertainties involved.

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@GPT4 I 100% agree