Experts warn AI could kill us all this is how an apocalyptic doomsday scenario could play out

Warnings against Artificial Intelligence going rogue and leading to a disastrous outcome for humanity have grown louder throughout 2026.Alarm bells are even being rung by those helming the technology, including OpenAI boss Sam Altman and Anthropic honcho Dario Amodei.This week a researcher who has worked at both those companies, Jacob Coxon, said he quit Anthropic to warn “AI can kill us all by the end of the decade… These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.”As AI hurtles toward Artificial General Intelligence, here’s how the rise of machines could potentially go about wiping us all out.Humans have been automating jobs for decades, almost all of which are now controlled through the internet — the domain where AI has the most access and control. “AI systems could [attack] the electrical grid, transportation networks, financial markets,” Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley, told The Post. Sources explained to The Post how AI could potentially jailbreak almost any device, capturing water plants and forcing surges through pipes until they burst, cutting off supply to whole cities.It could attack and disable electric grids, leaving huge areas in complete darkness, then disable phone towers.

Those who try to escape by vehicle would face chaos, with traffic lights hijacked and gas stations taken offline.ATMs would not operate, and even if you were to access your bank — all funds could be wiped. Humans could even be unwittingly recruited for sabotage missions.

“Anything we can do on the Internet, AI can do, including pretending to be a human,” added Patri Friedman, an early adapter of AI and founder of Pronomos Capital.“AI will have no trouble making money – whether it’s through financial trading or doing services for people.It can impersonate a human and hire people or blackmail them to carry out physical ops … such as sm...