Misquoted: Anthropic Staff Warned of Double-Digit Extinction Risk by 2030, Not Dismissed It
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-11
- David Manheim disputes a quote attributing to Nadia Ghassemi the claim that "anybody, including researchers at Anthropic, would tell you AI is probably not going to kill humanity by 2030."
- He argues the whole debate was actually kicked off by public statements from Anthropic-affiliated people claiming a double-digit percentage probability of catastrophe in that timeframe, contradicting the quote's framing.
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