A high-level safety researcher at Anthropic has issued a chilling warning, stating there is a greater than 10% probability that advanced AI could cause human extinction within the next ten years. The researcher admitted that there is currently no coordinated, effective plan to prevent this outcome.
The warning follows the resignation of another researcher, Jacob Coxon, who accused industry leaders—including OpenAI and Anthropic—of racing toward dangerous superintelligence without proper safeguards. Despite internal concerns about the “civilizational stakes,” labs are reportedly prioritizing speed in a competitive race for dominance, with no clear path to solving the alignment problem.