Anthropic staffer: >10% chance AI kills humanity this decade; a16z's Casado pushes back
venturetwins · x · 2026-09-09
Anthropic staffer EvanHub publicly stated his team "earnestly believes AI could kill all humans," personally putting >10% odds within the next decade; he admits Anthropic has no plan to solve superintelligence alignment. a16z partner Martin Casado fired back: "I worked on an actual thermonuclear weapons project, and the dissonance was less bizarre." A sharp exchange between safety and acceleration camps.
Related event: Anthropic Researcher Puts Odds of AI Extinction Above 10% in a Decade(7 posts)→
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