Penn experts push back on 'AI will wipe out humanity by 2030' claims
prof_g · x · 2026-09-17
After a former Anthropic researcher resigned with a stark warning that AI could wipe out humanity by 2030—and current alignment lead Evan Hubinger claimed >10% odds within a decade—the discourse went national.
The University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian gathered campus experts to push back: Robert Ghrist, Associate Dean at the School of Engineering, called it suspicious that everyone raised precise timelines and threats almost simultaneously, while social-policy experts deemed an AI extinction outcome highly unlikely.
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