Evan Hubinger
A top safety researcher at Anthropic concerned about AI risks.
Notable Quotes
"I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to."View Story →
"Jacob is correct here - we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade."View Story →
"'We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.'"View Story →
"there is a greater than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' within the next decade."View Story →
"the possibility of AI causing human extinction 'within the next decade' was more than 10%."View Story →
"I personally thought the possibility of human extinction from AI was a greater than 10% chance."View Story →
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