Ex-DeepMind researcher says colleagues genuinely believed AI could kill everyone
Former DeepMind researcher Lawrence Chan (TurnTrout) revealed he left in June, confirming that many researchers genuinely believe they are building something that could kill everyone, and that blocking extinction risk was part of his daily work.
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- Ex-DeepMind researcher: preventing AI extinction risk 'was literally my day job' — EvanHub · 2026-09-09
- Ex-DeepMind researcher: many colleagues truly believe AI could kill everyone — Dan_Jeffries1 · 2026-09-10