16 forecasters

In the coming months, will a robot/AI injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm?

38%chance

38%chance

ResolvedNo

ResolvedNo

The community gave this a 38% chance, and it resolved No.

Forecast Timeline

Authors:

Opened:

Nov 2, 2015

Closes:

Dec 31, 2015

Resolved:

Mar 1, 2016

Spot Scoring Time:

Nov 4, 2015

Computing and Math

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