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- Geoffrey Irving stated the chance of human extinction due to AI is 'about a coin flip,' emphasizing extreme risk in a new interview collected by Palisade Research.
- Neel Nanda, a Google DeepMind research scientist, estimated at least a 10 percent chance that AI causes human extinction, calling the probability 'ridiculously high.'
- Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher, described superintelligent AI as 'god-like powerful' and warned that no one would be able to control it, calling the scenario 'exactly as dangerous as it sounds.'
- Palisade Research launched the video project frominside.ai, compiling interviews with current and former employees of OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to highlight internal concerns about AI existential risk.
- Mary Phuong of Google acknowledged viewers should be suspicious of her messaging, noting she is paid by an AI lab, raising questions about incentive alignment in safety advocacy.
Why it matters: The warnings come from researchers embedded in the labs building frontier AI systems, lending insider credibility to doomer narratives. With multiple scientists citing double-digit extinction risks and admitting no current solution for control, the stakes for regulation and corporate accountability rise materially—especially as these companies continue rapid development despite internal alarm.
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