Is there really a 10% chance AI could kill us all?

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Set us as preferred Artificial intelligence anxiety reached new highs this week as industry leaders highlighted growing concerns that humans could lose control of the increasingly potent technology.A researcher at trailblazing firm Anthropic resigned this week, issuing a dire warning: Top AI companies are gambling with humanity’s future.

Jacob Coxon cautioned that both OpenAI and Anthropic are recklessly racing to build AI systems they cannot fully control or comprehend.“These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources,” Coxon said in a post on X.He said Anthropic and OpenAI, where he has also worked, are downplaying the potential power of what they are building.

“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” he said.Business What will happen to the world if artificial intelligence bots break free from our control and act independently? Evan Hubinger, whose job at Anthropic is to ensure AI systems align with human values, echoed his concerns.

“We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!” he wrote on X, estimating that there is a greater than 10% chance of human extinction from AI within the next decade.While the increasing power of AI, how to ensure it benefits mankind, and how it could go terribly wrong have been at the center of developers’ debates for decades, this week’s heated discussion has grabbed headlines and the attention of many non-experts.

Here are a few things to know to follow the debate and be ready for its outcomes: How could AI destroy humanity?The researchers focused on potential doomsday scenarios are concerned about an unintended loss of control as AI is used to do more things independently.Companies, consumers and governments are increasing...