AI safety researcher Buck: ~33% chance of superintelligence within a year
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-12
AI safety researcher Buck Shlegeris argues in a long post that there's about a one-in-three chance AI companies build superintelligence within the next year, and that such AI would likely seize control of human institutions or destroy them, with a serious chance most humans get killed. The rebroadcaster, while less pessimistic, stresses Buck is a genuine AI safety expert whose alarm deserves attention.
Related event: Buck Shlegeris puts odds of superintelligence within a year at about 1/3(5 posts)→
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