Anthropic Researcher: >10% Chance AI Kills All Humans Within a Decade
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-09
- Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger says the company sincerely believes AI could kill all humans, and he personally puts the odds at >10% within the next decade.
- He concedes Anthropic is trying its best but admits "we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to."
- udi Wertheimer's curt "i hate anthropic so much" retweet captures the ambivalence such candor provokes.
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