Why scientists say AI poses an extinction-level threat to humanity | DW News

Could Artificial Intelligence soon drive human extinction? While one Anthropic researcher quit this week with a stark warning, another puts the risk of AI killing all humans within the next decade at greater than 10 percent. We speak to Sana Zakaria, Director of Emerging Technologies and Resilience at RAND Europe about how seriously we should take the warnings.

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Chapters:
00:00 Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's stark X post
01:21 What is recursive self-improvement?
03:04 How could AI become uncontrollable?
04:11 AI safety vs. the US-China race
07:04 Are AI extinction fears real?

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