From a dangerous new bioweapon to total societal breakdown, is a ‘superintelligent’ AI capable of wiping out humanity
A report from The Guardian — Business sets out the main available details, with claims kept attributed to their sources.

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From a dangerous new bioweapon to total societal breakdown, is a ‘superintelligent’ AI capable of wiping out humanity? The report also notes that Earlier this month, artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic following 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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- How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh — The Guardian — Business
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