A top artificial intelligence (AI) safety researcher sparked alarm this week after issuing a chilling warning that the technology could kill humans.
Jacob Coxon, who helped train the latest versions of AI at Anthropic, urged people to 'not underestimate' its power – particularly if it becomes 'superintelligent'.
But how exactly could superintelligent bots drive mankind to extinction?
According to experts, part of what makes the risk so alarming is that there are multiple possible paths to humanity's annihilation.
A list of AI 'worst-case scenarios' ranges from creating political chaos with misinformation to irrevocably changing the planet's environment.
