AI human extinction fears make me want to flee to an island

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Nicola Bryan BBC Wales James Downs James Downs is a mental health campaigner who shares his own experience of anorexia, depression and anxiety to educate others Since headlines broke about claims AI advancement could lead to human extinction, James Downs has felt his anxiety rising.

"It makes me almost feel powerless. Like, what can I do as an individual?" said the mental health campaigner from Cardiff.

This sense of fear has led him to check his phone for more news.

"And the more you look at it the more your attention's drawn to the negative or scary things, and the worse and worse it can seem," said the 37-year-old.

Earlier this month, a top safety researcher at Anthropic warned AI was advancing so quickly he believed there was a greater than 10% chance it "could kill all humans" within the next decade .