New Term: Doomer

[ahmed33033]

Related Terms: AI Doomer, AI Doomerism, AI Doomsayers

Rough Definition: The guys saying ai is gonna kills us all

Why this term deserves a simple definition: it's all the news now

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Personal checklist:

• The term doesn't currently exist in the dictionary.
• There is no existing issue targeting this term.
• This term is related to AI.
• This term is currently being used by a variety of individuals or organizations.
• This term is safe for work.

[github-actions]

This term has been approved for the dictionary! 🥳

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definition:
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• The term type is: simple, and made up of 1 or 2 words.

• The general definition is: simple, and made up of 1 sentence.

• The example provided is: quoted from a human being, publically available, made up of 1 sentence, and it includes a citation in the format (author name, website title, date).

[ahmed33033]

general

type:
Group of People

defintion:
A group of people who believe AI can cause the extinction of humans.

example:
Along with other AI doomers, they have repeatedly warned, with rather dramatic flourish, that bots could one day go rogue—with apocalyptic consequences (Wong, The Atlantic, 2025).

[github-actions]

The general definition has been approved! 🥳

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• The term type is: simple, software-related, and made up of 1 or 2 words.

• The software definition is: simple, software-related and made up of 1 sentence.

• The example provided is: quoted from a human being, publically available, made up of 1 sentence, and it includes a citation in the format (author name, website title, date).

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software

type:
group of people

definition:
A group of people who believe, especially with the advent of recursive AI, that AI agents can escape their harness and cause human extinction.

example:
Sharing information about recursive self-improvement and about the misalignment of models can help to convince everyone that it is not in their interest to be reckless (Amodei, Dario Amodei, 2026).

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