Anthropic Alignment Team Member Puts AI Extinction Risk Above 10% Within a Decade
nikvassev · x · 2026-09-10
An Anthropic Alignment team member (EvanHub) stated that he genuinely believes AI could kill all humans, putting the risk above 10% within the next decade, and that Anthropic has no plan yet to solve alignment for superintelligence. Investor Christian Angermayer amplified the post, arguing safety must trump speed and calling for global—especially US-China—coordination on AI regulation, warning that even best-case disruption could destabilize society.
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