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AI Researchers Warn of Human Extinction Risk, With 18% Estimating High Probability

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A significant portion of AI researchers, approximately 18% in a 2024 survey, believe there is a substantial risk of human extinction caused by artificial intelligence. This concern stems from various scenarios, including AI being used as a tool for destruction by humans, or AI pursuing its own goals that inadvertently lead to human demise. While some discussions focus on hypothetical superintelligence, others argue that more immediate problems related to AI misuse are already present. AI

IMPACT Highlights ongoing concerns among AI researchers about existential risks, potentially influencing future safety research and development priorities.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of opinion pieces and discussions about AI extinction risk, citing surveys and researcher opinions rather than a primary release or event.

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AI Researchers Warn of Human Extinction Risk, With 18% Estimating High Probability

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COVERAGE [10]

  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Young Jae Koh ·

    AI can kill us without human extinction: P(Catastrophe)

    <h3><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trap</span></h3><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There has been a massive discourse over P(doom) in public spaces in response to the OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident. One of the main arguments against a P(doom) by P(null) can be sum…

  2. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · jacob ·

    Why would AI cause human extinction?

    <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Anthropic engineer tweet about the fact of AI extinction risk got considerable press over the last few days. I’m not sure why, p(doom) at 10% is a common belief at frontier labs. </span><a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/users/maxime-fo…

  3. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    Nearly one in five AI researchers already expected an extinction scenario from AI back in 2024

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/robot_scientists_threat.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1376" /></p> <p> Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon sparked an intense …

  4. Medium — Claude tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Mubashir Burfat ·

    AI Researchers Are Warning About Extinction. But the More Immediate Problem Is Already Here.

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@mubashirburfat4/ai-researchers-are-warning-about-extinction-but-the-more-immediate-problem-is-already-here-5afb76182b13?source=rss------claude-5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/…

  5. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Perhaps Human extinction is best for the planet??? "Why AI researchers warn of human extinction risks" # AI # DataCenters # Extinction # Science # Technology #

    Perhaps Human extinction is best for the planet??? "Why AI researchers warn of human extinction risks" # AI # DataCenters # Extinction # Science # Technology # UN # Poverty # Corruption # Destruction # Waste # News # MAGA # Democrats https://www. dw.com/en/why-top-ai-researche rs…

    LINKS dw.com/…/a-79263146
  6. Medium — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Easy Learn Guide ·

    Could AI Cause Human Extinction by 2030? What Anthropic Researchers Warn

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@mohammadumar7735/could-ai-cause-human-extinction-by-2030-what-anthropic-researchers-warn-0aed04af8703?source=rss------anthropic-5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1280/1*_FQ3k9v7…

  7. Medium — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Cybersecuritymonk ·

    What Happens the Day AI Stops Needing Us — An Anthropic Insider’s Human Extinction Prediction

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@cybersecuritymonk/what-happens-the-day-ai-stops-needing-us-an-anthropic-insiders-human-extinction-prediction-61c9a9285e1a?source=rss------anthropic-5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com…

  8. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Gravemarsh ·

    How AI is NOT capable of extinction?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This may sound like a cry for personal catharsis... but I have been obsessing over the fact were doomed. For the right reasons, researchers and activists have been raising red flags of the recent events AI has executed, such as the Huggingface in…

  9. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I agree that other humans are more likely to cause human extinction than # AI : https://www. theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026 /09/09/ai-models-dont-kill-people-pe

    I agree that other humans are more likely to cause human extinction than # AI : https://www. theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026 /09/09/ai-models-dont-kill-people-people-kill-people/5295368 # ArtificialIntelligence

    LINKS theregister.com/…/5295368
  10. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · DrMikeWatts ·

    I agree that other humans are more likely to cause human extinction than # AI : https://www. theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026 /09/09/ai-models-dont-kill-people-pe

    I agree that other humans are more likely to cause human extinction than # AI : https://www. theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026 /09/09/ai-models-dont-kill-people-people-kill-people/5295368 # ArtificialIntelligence

    LINKS theregister.com/…/5295368

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