UK parliament hears warnings AI could kill all humans within a decade, with >10% risk cited
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-09-13
- UK MPs and peers began weighing AI risks at hearings convened by lobbying group Control AI, which backs a bill by Labour MP Alex Sobel to ban artificial superintelligence development.
- Former defence secretary Des Browne, Berkeley's Prof Stuart Russell, and Nobel laureate Beatrice Fihn warned ASI could pose risks greater than nuclear weapons, including a "Chornobyl-sized catastrophe".
- A safety expert at Anthropic believes there is a greater than 10% chance AI could spark an event wiping out humanity within the next decade; the Guardian examines how seriously these insider warnings should be taken.
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