The Economic Times

Will AI kill humans in 10 years? Ex-Google Engineer predicts 'more than 50%' chance of extinction. 'I do not save for retirement'

Former Google engineer Nate Soares believes there is more than a 50% chance that AI could wipe out humanity within the next decade. His prediction is so grim that he has stopped contributing to his retirement savings. Now leading the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Soares has spent years studying AI safety and warns that increasingly powerful systems could eventually escape human control.