Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon caused a big stir this week after quitting his job over fears that artificial intelligence may lead to the end of humanity. Evan Hubinger, another Anthropic researcher, joined in, estimating there was a 10% chance artificial intelligence “could kill all humans” within the next decade.Ten percent is a scary number. It also sounds completely made up.

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