Why do tech CEOs sound like doomsday cult leaders?
Opinion says AI executives warn of human extinction in religious terms while still profiting from AI.
A Globe and Mail opinion column argues that AI executives describe existential risk in religious, doomsday language while their companies keep raising money. It quotes former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon and alignment lead Evan Hubinger, who said he believes there is more than a 10 percent chance AI kills all humans within a decade. The piece also cites Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, Ilya Sutskever, and Peter Thiel, and notes pushback from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez.
- Anthropic's Evan Hubinger put the chance AI kills everyone above 10 percent this decade.
- Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said builders expect possible human extinction by 2030.
- The column cites Musk, Amodei, Sutskever, and Thiel using apocalyptic or religious language.
- Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Cohere's Aidan Gomez rejected end-of-the-world claims.
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