Is AI apocalypse talk distracting us from the real threat?
Responsible Statecraft · global
News items heralding the AI apocalypse are ubiquitous. The panic started shortly after the ex-Anthropic, ex-OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, Jacob Coxon sounded the alarm on X, writing that AI companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”Coxon’s diagnosis is startling. AI, he wrote, “could kill us all by the end of the decade.” In a shocking turn, Anthropic’s own Evan Hubinger confirmed growing fears when he wrote, “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade."It’s no sur
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