Anthropic Researcher Believes More Than 10% Chance AI 'Could Kill All Humans'
Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from the BBC: 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…
A top safety researcher at Anthropic has expressed concern that artificial intelligence is advancing at a rapid pace, potentially leading to a greater than 10% chance of wiping out humanity within the next decade. Evan Hubinger, the researcher, acknowledged that the risk posed by existing models is currently low, but he harbors worries that the technology could develop and improve itself rapidly, posing an existential threat to humans.
He did not elaborate on the specific ways in which AI systems might result in human extinction. Hubinger's warning comes in response to another post on X from Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher who recently left Anthropic and worked at OpenAI. Coxon criticized both companies, stating that they are not acting responsibly and that soon, AI systems will become superhuman, capable of hacking anything, revolutionizing fields overnight, and acquiring real power and resources.
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