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AI Researchers Warn of Superintelligence’s Existential Risk in New Video Series
WHY IT MATTERS
The warnings underscore the urgent need for robust AI governance and risk assessment to mitigate potential catastrophic outcomes.
What happened
A new video series released by Palisade Research on frominside. ai features a dozen AI researchers, including former and current employees of OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, warning that superintelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity.
Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, stated that the chance of human extinction from advanced AI is about a coin flip. Google DeepMind scientist Neel Nanda added that there is at least a 10 percent probability it could cause human extinction.
The series, compiled by Palisade—a nonprofit studying AI capabilities and motivations—aims to bring these concerns to a broader audience.
PRIMARY SOURCES
AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’
The Verge · Stevie Bonifield · Discovery only; Vox Media copyright terms apply
CORRECTIONS & UPDATES
- Revision 1 · Initial ingestion · Sep 29, 2026, 6:01 PM
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