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A warning that a product could end civilisation is an unusual sales pitch. It advertises the product’s importance while raising an awkward question about the judgment of those selling it. For the companies developing artificial intelligence, it may also open a useful conversation about who else should be allowed into the business.
A recent claim by Evan Hubinger, a safety researcher at Anthropic that, “AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade” has been widely reported, and forms part of a longer history of extinction warnings. In 2023, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis were among the signatories