Anthropic staffer privately pegs AI extinction risk above 10% within a decade

AICopyLab · x · 2026-09-09

Citing an Anthropic employee's statement: the company sincerely believes AI could kill all humans, and he personally estimates the risk at over 10% within the next decade. He admits Anthropic is trying its best but has no plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and isn't clearly on track. The commenter argues the true figure is likely even higher.

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