Anthropic safety expert puts odds of AI wiping out humanity above 10% as UK Parliament debates ASI ban
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-09
A Guardian report covers 48 hours of stark warnings on both sides of the Atlantic:
- An Anthropic safety expert believes there is a greater than 10% chance AI could spark an event that wipes out humanity;
- At Westminster, former defence secretary Des Browne and Berkeley's Prof Stuart Russell compared the risk to nuclear weapons, while Nobel laureate Beatrice Fihn warned MPs about abilities that "could end up killing us all";
- Lobbying group Control AI is backing a bill tabled by Labour MP Alex Sobel this week to ban the creation of artificial superintelligence (ASI);
- The piece also notes dissent among academics — from a Skynet sunset to just a hyper-smart coffee machine.
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