Slang & Culture
p(bloom)
The optimistic counterpart to p(doom): someone’s stated probability that advanced AI leads to flourishing rather than catastrophe. Like p(doom), it is a personal judgment written in probability notation, not a measurement.
Origin · no single documented coiner
No single documented coiner. Writer Daniel Faggella published “What’s Your p(Bloom)?” in September 2025, defining it as the likelihood that AGI causes all life to flourish and expand; the term also appeared in a 2025 Robert Wright podcast episode with Reid Hoffman and spread through social posts in 2026.