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The AI Risk Spectrum

This chart maps the perceived spectrum of AI risk — from those who dismiss it entirely to those who see it as an existential threat.

Every curve and segment boundary on this page is yours to shape. Visit Settings to play with the sliders — adjust the distribution curves, shift where one segment ends and another begins, and craft your own variation of this story.

Zero RiskExistential RiskPerceived Level of AI Risk →
Dismissive
Unconcerned
Cautiously Optimistic
Concerned (Current)
Concerned (Future)
Alarmed / Doomer
Dismissive
9.6%

AI risk is essentially zero — technology is neutral or inherently beneficial.

Unconcerned
24.8%

Risks exist but are manageable through existing institutions and market forces.

Cautiously Optimistic
45.8%

Real risks need attention, but careful governance can keep things on track.

Concerned (Current)
14.4%

Worried about risks already materializing — surveillance, job displacement, algorithmic bias, misinformation.

Concerned (Future)
4.7%

Worried about emerging and escalating threats — bioterrorism, dystopian control, power oligarchy, automated warfare.

Alarmed / Doomer
0.8%

AI poses a genuine existential threat — current trajectory leads to catastrophe or human extinction.

Who Thinks What?

Scroll through each segment of the spectrum to understand the perspective behind the position.

Zero RiskExistential RiskPerceived Level of AI Risk →
Dismissive
Unconcerned
Cautiously Optimistic
Concerned (Current)
Concerned (Future)
Alarmed / Doomer

The Dismissive

This group sees AI risk as essentially zero. Technology, they argue, is neutral — or even inherently beneficial. Historical precedent shows that every major technology was met with unfounded fear. AI is no different.

The Unconcerned

They acknowledge risks exist, but believe existing institutions — markets, governments, courts — are well-equipped to handle them. Innovation should not be stifled by speculative fears.

The Cautiously Optimistic

Real risks demand real attention, but careful governance can keep things on track. This is the most common position: optimistic about AI's potential while insisting on guardrails, standards, and oversight.

Concerned About Current Risks

Worried about risks already materializing today — pervasive surveillance, mass job displacement, algorithmic bias amplifying inequality, and AI-generated misinformation eroding trust in shared reality.

Concerned About Future Risks

Looking further ahead: AI-enabled bioterrorism, dystopian social control, power consolidating into an AI oligarchy, and autonomous weapons making war frictionless and perpetual.

The Alarmed

AI poses a genuine existential threat. The current trajectory — racing toward superintelligence without adequate safety — leads to catastrophe. Some in this group give humanity less than even odds of surviving the century.

The Conversion Funnel

The same population, reshaped — from widespread dismissal at the top to a small core of alarmed voices at the bottom.

Zero RiskExistential RiskPerceived Level of AI Risk →
Dismissive
Unconcerned
Cautiously Optimistic
Concerned (Current)
Concerned (Future)
Alarmed / Doomer
Lethal Intelligence
Humans First
Control AIPause AI

Lethal Intelligence

Lethal Intelligence sits at the very top of the conversion funnel, targeting the general public. It doesn't assume people are already on board with the premise — instead, it aims to lure them in.

Through memes, short videos, animated explainers, long-form educational content, clips from luminaries, and all manner of visually engaging, viral content, it sparks curiosity and interest — guiding people through the journey from casual dismissal to genuine concern.

It operates across every layer of awareness: from those who haven't thought about AI risk at all, to those already leaning cautious. The goal is to move them down the funnel, one step at a time.

In essence, Lethal Intelligence is a router — it onboards, enlists, and activates people who are ready to act. Once activated, they're handed off to Humans First to channel that energy into action.

AI Ends Pub — a warm community gathering place

AI Ends Pub

Where the AI Risk Awareness Force finds its people.

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The Debates

A community on a mission to foster vibrant discussions and clash worldviews between those who worry about AI and those who don’t — in a productive dialog, from which we will all come out wiser.

The Belonging

A place to find belonging, amplify your voice, and connect with friends who want to spread AI risk awareness just like you.

A community that is NOT about volunteering or unpaid work.

It’s not about assigning tasks or extracting value from you.

It’s a community that delivers value to you.

Giving you all the resources you need to be as effective an AI risk awareness crusader as you can.

We don’t tell you how to do it — we just help you spread the message to your own circle of influence, in your own way.

Empowering you
Amplifying your reach
Helping you make friends
Sense of belonging
Resources & tools
On your own terms

What awaits you inside

Find inspiration. Draw strength. Build confidence. Get equipped.

Fireside Discussions

Warm virtual conversations about the questions that matter most. Think deeply. Speak freely.

Online Pub Nights

Relaxed gatherings where ideas flow freely. No agenda — just good company and great conversation.

Festivals & Events

Colorful celebrations that unite the community. Creative, vibrant, and full of energy.

Debate Practice

Sharpen your thinking and challenge assumptions. Come out wiser, ready to engage anyone.

Movie & Screening Nights

Watch together, discuss what you’ve seen. Films and docs that shift perspectives.

Game Nights

Fun-filled evenings that build lasting bonds. Because community starts with connection.

Color-coded badges — AINotKillEveryoneist or AI-Risk Denier

Color-coding

Upon joining, you’ll be asked to share your stance on AI risk. Based on your response, you’ll receive a unique colour badge, instantly signalling your perspective to others during conversations.

RED 🔥 If you are an AINotKillEveryoneist (You worry about upcoming AI)

Green 😏 If you are an AI-Risk denier (You believe it will all be fine)

You can update your stance anytime via “Channels & Roles” in the sidebar.

100+ channels covering AI-Risk skepticisms and topics

Tables

There is a table (text-channel) for each documented common skepticism, organised in categories. If you don’t believe in AI risk, chances are the deep reason can be found in one or more of those tables.

Share your thoughts there, and the other side will respond and provide their rebuttal to your argument.

Each category also has its own voice channel, so there can be live discussions in parallel debating the arguments.

AI Ends Pub sign

The “AI Ends” name

The name draws inspiration from London’s famous World’s End pub.
AI will mark the end of many things — the hope is it ends disease, suffering, and poverty. It will also end society in its current form, potentially ushering in the end of drudgery and scarcity.

But it will also signal the end of a long era where humans reigned as the apex intelligence. And as it heralds the close of an age, some fear it could literally lead to the end of the world — which ties back neatly to the World’s End pub.

The AI Ends pub is a safe place where we can gather to discuss AI — by far the most interesting phenomenon of our time.

The AI Risk Awareness Force

Every advocate starts as a visitor.

You walk in curious. You sit down at the table. You listen, you question, you debate — and somewhere along the way, something clicks.

You don’t need to be an expert. You just need to care enough to share the message in your own way, within your own sphere of influence.

The pub doesn’t create crusaders through assignments or obligations. It creates them through belonging, confidence, and the simple realization that your voice matters.

Pull up a chair.

AI Ends Pub is where the AI Risk Awareness Force finds its people. All the action paths are designed for the community — on their own terms.