Anthropic researcher says more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans
jb1991 · hn · 2026-09-09
An Anthropic researcher told CBS News there is a greater than 10% chance that AI "could kill all humans." A rare quantified existential-risk estimate from someone inside a frontier lab, underscoring how seriously alignment concerns are taken internally.
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