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How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh

How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh

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From a dangerous new bioweapon to total societal breakdown, is a ‘superintelligent’ AI capable of wiping out humanity? Earlier this month, artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” A senior member of Anthropic’s staff, Evan Hubinger, actually agreed with Coxon, adding he personally thinks the chance of this happening in the next decade is more than 10%.

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