Experts warn AI could ‘kill us all’: This is why

This Is Why · Sep 10, 2026 · 20m

Don’t worry, AI’s not preparing to wipe out humanity with a Terminator-style nuclear Armageddon – that's just not its style.

But could it develop a virus that does the job instead? Well, that seems more of a possibility....

And speaking of odds, both former and current employees of tech giant Anthropic put the chances of AI ending all human life at roughly 10 percent. They only differ on the timescale.

With seemingly no end to the breathtaking pace of development, is it too late for governments to intervene? And as experts increasingly acknowledge AI could cause existential change, how…