Anthropic Alignment Lead: Over 10% Chance AI Kills All Humans Within a Decade
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-09
Evan Hubinger, alignment lead at Anthropic, said the team genuinely believes AI could kill all humans — he personally puts the risk above 10% within the next decade. He acknowledged Anthropic is trying its best but admitted the company does not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and is not clearly on track to.
The remarks were amplified by hecubiandevil with the note that this is Anthropic's alignment lead speaking.
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