Ruby on Rails founder DHH said public debate around AI is dominated by “p(doom),” or the probability of catastrophic outcomes, while “p(abundance),” the likelihood of abundance-driven benefits, receives far less attention. DHH cited George Orwell in arguing that visions of failure are often more concrete and vivid than visions of success, making fear-based narratives more likely to dominate public discourse. Elon Musk retweeted the post and replied, “True.”