AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them?

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:46:44 GMT

Alarming warnings from industry insiders increase pressure for curbs on artificial superintelligenceDoes artificial superintelligence really pose a risk greater than nuclear weapons? Is there a significant chance of “a Chornobyl-sized catastrophe”. Might there even be a greater than 10% chance that AI could “kill all humans” in the next decade?These warnings were issued over the past 48 hours on both sides of the Atlantic about the potential impact of a technology that most people still think of as a more talkative search engine. Continue reading...

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