Geoffrey Hinton warns ai could risk human extinction
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told BBC Newsnight that a roughly 10% chance of human extinction from advanced AI within the next decade is "not unreasonable," noting that systems could cause devastation without controlling physical systems by spreading misinformation, enabling cyberattacks, or designing dangerous biological or computer viruses. His warning aligns with recent researcher dissent: Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic accusing leading labs of racing toward self-improving superintelligence, and Evan Hubinger publicly said he believes the extinction risk could exceed 10% if recursive self-improvement occurs. Hinton urged work on designs that avoid harmful goals.
Hinton estimates about a 10% extinction risk from advanced AI.
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Geoffrey Hinton spoke about extinction risk on BBC Newsnight. Other researchers have publicly raised similar fears and one resigned. The debate may drive more safety work or changes in development pace.
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