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AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’

Zac Boring September 29, 2026 1 min read
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Key takeaway

"The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view," Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a new interview.

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SuperintelligenceExtinctionFrom The Verge AI

"The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view," Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a new interview. It's one of a dozen interviews with AI researchers, including current and former employees at OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Palisade Research, which says it's a nonprofit studying AIs' […]

By Stevie Bonifield

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