AI company employee puts ≥10% odds on out-of-control AI killing everyone
EvanHub · x · 2026-09-11
An AI industry worker argues there is plausibly a ≥10% chance that a future out-of-control AI kills everyone — and that even 1% would be unacceptably high. He sees an even larger risk in humanity being merely and permanently disempowered by AIs that don't deeply want the best for us.
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