Listen to the session or watch below Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Watch a conversation unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they hold any water, and, if so, what we should do. Recorded on September 15, 2026 Speakers: Niall Firth, Executive Editor, Will Douglas Heaven, Senior AI editor, and Grace Huckins, AI reporter Since we couldn’t get to all of your questions during the session, Will and Grace answered the most popular ones in their piece: Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered. Related Stories Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what? The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?
Listen to the session or watch below Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Watch a conversation unpacking AI extinction fears: where they…
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- Listen to the session or watch below Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity
- Are they right
- Or is this more scaremongering and hype
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