Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
A senior safety researcher at Anthropic has publicly estimated a greater than 10% chance that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity within the next decade. This warning has sparked debate among experts regarding the ethics of AI development and the potential for corporate marketing to influence safety narratives.
Why it matters
The internal dissent at leading AI firms highlights the intense tension between rapid technological advancement and long-term existential safety concerns.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Anthropic makes the AI tool Claude, which is used as a chatbot and as a tool to help coding A top safety researcher at Anthropic has warned AI is advancing so quickly he believes there is a greater than 10% chance it "could kill all humans" within the next decade.
Evan Hubinger said in a post on X the risk from the models which currently exist was "low" but he was "worried" the technology might develop and improve itself soon to the point where it posed an existential risk to humanity.
He did not spell out how he thought AI systems could in future result in humans being wiped out.
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